Value of Time

Humans have been using the measurement of time to dictate their day since the early eras of ancient civilizations with sundial then evolving into the mechanical clocks we use today. For thousands of years with time measurement tools, humans have depended on a strict schedule to determine what to do to use up the time they have. In today’s modern world, adult humans use their time to contribute to society by working nine to five jobs and young adults spending their childhood in a classroom. In Henry David Thoreau’s book, Walden; Life in the Woods, Thoreau discusses the concept of time. In Thoreau’s excerpt “Economy,” he offers the paradox whether humans live off borrowed time or stolen time from their employers. He explains in a rhetorical statement that by reading his own book would be “robbing your creditors of an hour,” implying that the human civilization has been putting their work in front of their own self-interests in hope of success and money. Although Thoreau wrote the paradox as a brief commentary for the money driven human civilization, this paradox acts as a metaphor towards Thoreau’s view on the use of time for humanity.

Time, what is time, and why is it important? Well time is a concept that humans’ brains can perceive, in fact their brains basically construct the past, the present, and the future. Basically, time is a measurement system, and without it the human race wouldn’t have ever existed. Humans have a very simple understanding of time, and they still do not understand its full potential. Humans only understand the measurement of time, and the manipulation and capturing of time overwhelms them. To this day the only way humans have captured time is their memory, and even then they still get it wrong sometimes.

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Time is a valuable resource, and in fact, some people get more out of their time than others. Time is a scarce resource meaning that there is not enough of the resource available to satisfy all of the ways I want to use it. Due to the fact that it is scarce, this means that my time must be allocated in such a way that I can get the most out of it. Being a full time student, working part-time, and playing college athletics is a tough feat. In fact, most of the time I struggle in deciding what to do and when. What I choose to do is a demonstration of my value system and some things are valued more than others.

1. Everything takes time; it takes time for a crop to be fully grown, but in the modern world no one has time for it. Time is an essential ingredient for everything produced in nature. Every crop, every rock, and even human being took the time to reach where they are. But in the modern fast-paced world, no one has time to wait for nature to take full time and do its job. They want everything to be fast so they can spend more time on making new technologies that can make something fast.

Macbeth’s downfall is began with his inability understand how time can control every aspect in your life. Time controls every aspect of life for humans. Time determines when we wake up to go to school to how long you are able to live. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth the protagonist Macbeth deals with the constraints of time and how time persuade him into making critical decisions. During his life William Shakespeare wrote sonnet 73 a well acclaimed sonnet, dealing with death, and how time affects everyone. About the constraints of time article called “What’s Your Time Perspective?” written by Jane Collingwood discusses how time can impact decisions we make constantly and how we feel about things in our daily lives. Peter Dizikes’ article “Does Time Pass?” talks about the different ways people can perceive time and how you relate to it in your life. Dizikes is a staff writer for the well renowned MIT news and reports mainly on science, technology, and intellectual life. The relationship of humans to time is humans rely on time to plan their lives around and constantly make choices based on time.

Let us begin by saying that time cannot be stopped nor slowed down but must be followed. Meaning that on some occasions we

Time, from one person’s experience to another, from day to day, from emotion to emotion, varies more than the individuals who experience it. Yet time still can be measured. People, almost from the earth’s inception, have had a desire to regulate time. This is still seen today, with all the watches, phone clocks, wall clocks, analog clocks, digital clocks, grandfather clocks, atomic clocks, timers, and stopwatches. Unfortunately, while it is possible to measure the actual emissions from an atom’s atomic transition, it is impossible to measure time perception in different circumstances. Both the poem “Time Is”, and the statue “Father Time”, portray the integral role of time in humanity.

Thomas Jefferson once said, ¨Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the only thing he can afford to lose¨. What he is saying is that you should use your time wisely. By using your time wisely you can have more free time, feel less stressed, and even get your work done and go to two football games in the same week. Managing your time is the best thing you can do for yourself and your sanity.

Within the article, No time to think: Reflections on information technology and contemplative scholarship, David Levy discusses his perspective on the use of time and technology. He projects his ideas to his audience and basically says to take a chill pill with technology and life overall. Levy writes this article in a very consistent tone but does not fail to mention the ideas that he has and how society should go about them. While writing about his understanding of time, it is easy for his audience to relate his piece to Time Ain’t Money by Douglas Rushkoff in multiple forms. Although Levy and Rushkoff might have different viewpoints on the concept of time, they both go about getting their beliefs across in a familiar and direct way.

"Time" (313) as an authority figure who has strict control of his life, and with descriptions of biblical figures we can presume that he is a religious person who believes that God is in control of his destiny. Each of these images contributes to a picture of one man's outlook on life and death.

Time is a wonderful part of the world and our lives. Time allows us to learn, grow, make memories, feel emotions, teach, and meet new people, just to name a few. Sometimes, we may not think we have enough time for our various goals because of numerous distractions. The concept of time can be hard to understand because it is a cycle but something we cannot return or get back. In Amulet, time plays a large factor in the way that Auxilio tells her story.

We plan our day around different times of the day. Time tells us when to eat, when to sleep, and how long to do things for. If time were based on these simple terms, then this mysterious enigma would not be in debate. There are the issues of space and time; what is the relationship

Before we can manage our time we must know exactly what time is. The dictionary describes it as, the duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal. How we dispose of that time is time management. It's the way we spend our time to organize and execute around our priorities. Remember just because time is intangible doesn't mean that it is not valuable. I want to teach you about the background of time management, the different styles and how to use them, and how it will change your life.

     According to traditional concepts, time is considered to be a two-dimensional phenomenon, with a long past, a present, and virtually no future. The linear concept of time is western thought, with an indefinite past, present, and future, is practically nonexistent to African thinking. The future is absent because the events that lie in it have not taken place, they have not been realized, and therefore, they cannot constitute time.