The saying that “time and tide wait for no man” means different things to different people. To some, it is precious and important while to many others, it is common and available when the need arises. The right essence of time is really in the doing and not in the waiting. A time spent in doing something worthwhile always comes back fruitfully. What cannot be allocated time is indeed not worth doing. Certainly, a person who invests time reading and writing is expected to acquire sound knowledge and writing skills. Time is life. He who wastes time has not only wasted life, but has also injured eternity. A person who wastes time in doing nothing will eventually end up being nothing. There is no two ways about that.

Sincerely speaking, a lot depends on the good use of time. Time used judiciously in reading and writing will eventually make one educated, knowledgeable and skilful. Famous scholars and writers like Les Brown, John Mason, Wole Soyinka, Kevin Hogan, Chimamanda Adichie, to mention but a few, are what they are today because they invested so much with their time. It goes without saying that good time management is always rewarding and self-fulfilling.

Worthy to note, time is the currency of the world. Anything one devotes much time doing largely determines what one is going to be in the future. If one decides to spend most of one’s time in running, one will certainly become a good athlete. Again, if one spends one’s time in dancing, one will definitely become a good dancer. There is time for everything. There is time to work and play. There is time to read, socialise and to sleep, everything has its own time allocation. When one uses the time for reading to sleep, one abuses that particular time. When one does the right thing at the right time, one manages time effectively. The end result is always rewarding and result-oriented.

Whether fleeting or standstill, time goes around and fails to come around. Time wasted can never be regained. Invest time now and not later.

- The reader is a social commentator based in Dubai, UAE