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Monday, June 22, 2009

Modern life and absence of quality time

We have heard many people saying that they have no time or time is running so fast. Have we ever thought why this kind of situation arises where we lack time to even meet our regular routine? The hours are the same, the work is same and the people are also same. Then what is that reason that we have absence of quality time in our life. Previously we all used to work be it at workplace, home or any other activities. But in recent times the whole thing has taken a new phase. Our so called modern life has actually become life with full of work without time for our families and friends. No doubt we work but then we forget our other responsibility.

People have started working for longer hours just to get overtime or bonuses just to increase a pinch to their earning but they forget that they are missing the time that will be priceless to their life. They have become earning oriented and have disregarded the fact that they even should spend some time with the loved one. Modern life has affected people so badly that they run after money, career and all materialistic pleasure and leisure. They work for 12 or more hours a day. They work at home even and on holidays too. After coming home also, they have to do household, cook meal, cleaning and other works. They do not even know where the day passes without letting them realized even. People in the modern world have become so mechanical that they do not even know whether they are leading their lives or lives are leading them?
But it is not a fault of life or the modernization. Instead modernization has made our lives much easier with new developed and successful technologies. So it should have in fact helped us in saving time for ourselves and for our family than to make our lives busier and timeless. But it has worked the other way round. With the increasing modernization we have become more careless about the true values of life. We have stopped enjoying beautiful moments of life and we have forgotten to thank our life for giving us such a wonderful journey.

Quality time is not all about time for family but it includes all the activities that one can do or spend in their free time. All the activities and enjoyment one can do if he or she is left with surplus time. One can sleep, watches TV, read or write, play with kids, spend time with family or hang out with friends in their free time. These all are the time that when actually occurred becomes a quality time for the people to be remembered throughout their life. But what to do if one can only see the dreams but can not achieve it.


If we are the reasons, we only have to become the solutions for any problem. Time is so precious that if ones wasted is wasted for ever. It is the commodity that we should spend wisely to optimize it to the fullest extent. So it is necessary to save time in our routine, modern and busy life.

We can start by making a proper plan for everyday. All the tasks and jobs to be performed at work, at home or anywhere else. We can make a list of all and can assign timing for each one of them. So that we can know if we have any extra time in our hand or not. But in this too, we may face certain problems like any one of the activity may take more time than the assigned one. There may come unexpected events that may lead to a delay in the plan. But then also it will never happen so frequently that we can not work upon this solution.

We can do even multitasking i.e. we can do two activities or more than that at a same time like ironing along with watching TV or cooking along with teaching kids. We can even increase our time by sleeping for only required hours or for not wasting it in daydreaming or in making plans. By doing so we will not only be able to spend quality time with our loved ones but also we will be actually adding lifelong memories to our whole life. God has given us a life to enjoy. Life is worth living so we should make our best to enjoy the gift of god to the fullest.

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