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Are you employing any methods to live efficaciously? If so, what are some ways to save time or spend time to acquire maximum efficiency? Such questions could elicit various responses, but what is the definition of time spent well?
Starting from the fundamentals, spending time well could mean living a life well. And the definitions of living a good life can vary, but the most common ones could be to live happily or do some good to society. Either way, if you want to live a good life, you will have to first define what your own ideal form of life would be like. After that, strive to live that life.
Junior student Kenny Lau says, “Of course I want to live a happy life and benefit myself. But I also want to help other people and aid society in general. But again, because I’m selfish, I would usually work harder to benefit myself when it does not harm my circumstances too much.”
After confirming your own definition of “good life”, you would then decide when and how to get to the ultimate goal. While making decisions or arranging schedules, always check if it suits the ultimate goal. There could be long-term goals such as becoming a dentist to make a lot of money and live a prosperous life, or short-term plans to go to the movies, but it is crucial to see if that could help for your ideal form of life. Even if the schedule includes tasks you do not want to do right now, if it could help you reach the ideal lifestyle, bear with it. However, it does not mean that you cannot change the definition of a perfect life; vicissitudes of life could always change your perspective.
As students living abroad and going to an international school, we can fall into numerous dilemmas and problems: to learn Chinese or to not; to take the SATs or the ACTs; how to fill out college apps etc. Whenever you confront such hardships, you can always write about it and think about it. Writing down things help you organise your thoughts.
Saving time, or not wasting time, could also be very important, since we’re dealing with time efficiency. In order to do that, some make calendars, some plan their schedule daily, and some do not write down their plans in any form at all. However, so far, it does not seem as though there is an ultimate technique to save your time. But one thing is for sure – write things down; it will let you organise your thoughts.
Now, after all the defining of time efficiency and good life, are you living efficiently?
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