KNOW HOW TO TAKE YOUR TIME
Hello everyone! Today I want to share with you some article I found when I was looking through “The Guardian”.
It’s called Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism by Judy Wajcman published by Chicago
I’ve chosen this article because it’s really interesting to learn why people always hurry and get upset when they realise it doesn’t help actually save time.
“Moving too fast? Books to get to grips with the pace of life“ Here it’s said that people should probably slow down to allocate their time properly and see benefits of that afterwards.
The author refers to the book «The Little Prince» by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to show that the theory of optimising our time-by using something that might save it (like modern apps on our phones, some electronic devices, etc.) doesn’t work.
I’ve learnt that many people save their time having no reason for it. They’re used to living in the rapid pace of life and do that automatically; consequently, when they don’t know how to use their spare time, they start feeling something is wrong. Therefore, people should be well organised and shouldn’t hurry because if you’re trying to save time, it’s essential to know how you are going to spend it, how to make the process efficient and so on.
After reading this article, I got interested in planning. I would like to learn more about such a topic, establish priorities and figure out whether I really need to save my time for something or not.
Find more information about it on The Guardian
Hello Natasha,
ОтветитьУдалитьThanks for sharing your thoughts about the article. It's indeed devoted to an urgent issue that everyone of us should be concerned about. It's great you've decided to look into time management strategies as a result of reading it. Please share some that you'll find useful with your peetp & me
Hello Natasha,
ОтветитьУдалитьI was hoping to see some time management tips you have found information about but see that you didn't add this information here.Pity: it'd be interesting to see what you have found and compare with what I have to choose the most helpful ones. You can still do it! It's never late to learn this information
Hello Natalia Yu,
ОтветитьУдалитьI'm really sorry for not posting the tips earlier!
The most useful&interesting ones for me are the following:
1)make a short plan of things you need to do during the week-it helps save time as you always see the list of things which need to be done(include small stuff and bigger ones to feel successful while croossing them out)
2)always arrange particular time in a day for urgent things(at this time no one should bother you, so that you don't distract from your work)
There are even more tips essential to follow for saving your time. These ones helped me to save mine a little more.
Hello Natasha, thank you for sharing the tips. Have you tried to act on them? If yes, how successful you can say you are.
УдалитьAnd on a more technical but very important consideration: let me remind you that it is necessary to provide a refence to the resources you mention in your writing.
A reference should contain the following information:
The author's last name his first name "Article title" Title of website, Publisher, date published, URL
e.g.
Burkeman, O. “Change Your Life Health & Wellbeing When Is an Exception Not an Exception?” The Guardian, 8 June 2018, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/08/oliver-burkeman-this-column-exceptions.
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ОтветитьУдалитьWe haven't practised adding references yet together, but there is a special tool that you can use to do it. It is called The Citation Machine and you can access it at http://www.citationmachine.net
ОтветитьУдалитьWe'll practise using it together in class but you can try to use it on your own first too. Just choose the option "Cite a magazine article" and follow the instructions.
Hello Natalia Yu,
УдалитьAs I said before, those tips which I mentioned, I’d found useful for me; therefore, I try to follow them. It really saves my time to some extent as my plans are systemized, and I always have a list of things to do(urgently or not).
Thanks for your remarks and advice! I’ll do my best to correct all mistakes in my future posts!