Money Value of Time

What is Time ??
Philosophically put, Time is Life - it concerns with how you spend it, what you achieve with it, how well you utilize it, and how well you deal with it...
Quite hard to disagree on that.

And certainly Time has value - that Money value of time is something that is very decisive of what will happen in the coming moments.
Just like its anti-equivalent - Time value of money; it varies at different situations - mattering more at certain situations and sometimes not so much.

In that account, I can fairly say that I am a lavish spender of time; rather an unworthy utilizer. There are a lot of activities that I can quickly recall that definitely translate into a grave waste of time - thinking over such a long sentence for instance!

Money value of lost time keeps appreciating over time - the later you think of it, the more waste it seems!
At the same time, Money Value of the time yet to come holds a lot of potential, a lot that it can result in. So, just like Entropy - Money Value of Time is an ever increasing quantity...

It is well established that there is no substitute for lost time(unless some freaking genius makes time travel a reality :D), so there is no use of repenting over it. But certainly for learners - it is a worthy experience to make amends for what is coming ahead in their life.
Similarly, one cannot be complacent by the saying:
               "Past is History, Future is a Mystery, Today is a Gift, and thats why it is called the Present"
because in a short span of time, the Future will be the Present, and the Present is Past.
So, TIME yourself right !

Parting thought: Shared some thoughts on Time in this special time that occurs once in four years; sort of went back in time to do that ;)  

Habits

Everyone has habits - some good, some bad, some peculiar, some normal, and some that raise a few eyebrows...
There are some habits that define what you are, and some that are next to nothing; but however they are - they are quintessentially a part of our lives.

And there is always that risk of a habit turning into an addiction - one must beware of that..
To quote myself - in my younger days; watching TV was a habit, and soon turned into an addiction. After a few years - came Social networking, and lo it happened again - starting as a habitual timepass and then turned addictive. Now, back to square one - started watching sitcoms, and now addicted !!!
But some other habits like reading books and disciplining work are placed at a high position and highly suggested.

Anyway, habits are catalyzed by different factors - peer inspiration, technology, information etc.
There were some habits that I picked up because of my friends - watching cartoons, a brief spell of stamp collection, collecting those game cards that came with confectioneries, having get-togethers, watching sitcoms etc.
But quite few come from within - notably reading books; a habit that I have seemed to have lost track these days..

There are some habits that are more suitably termed hobbies - watching movies, playing some games, fiddling with your phone, travelling etc. These are the things that bring variety to life - and are heavily advicable. One can also quote Giving Free Advice Without Practicing as a hobby here; which I feel is the direction in which this post is going :D

Time - but of course, is the major factor that decides what and how your habits are. Habits grow, change, modify, and end with time. Sleep habits, to illustrate - Until I came here, I used to be an early sleeper and early waker. Now it has become late sleeper and late waker. As noticed, the notion of time is multitude when I said it affects habits..

Coming to the present - there are many habits that I have developed: chatting with friends, ranting to study, laptop-sleep-eat-laptop cycle, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ohh.., I just realized I dont have many, and certainly not ones that are appreciated !!

Here is an interesting illustration of what habits constitutes of:

 
To end the article - here is one habit that I can be proud of - Blogging :-)

On Being Over-reactive and its Consequences

Abstract: This blog post talks about an analysis carried out to explore the causes, manifestations and consequences of being over-reactive to situations by the test subject - namely Me..
It tries to provide a critical description of the pros and cons of the situation, and to propose a possible solution for future situations.
Key Words: Over-reactive, Me

Introduction:
           Since the advent of this blog, there is one striking feature - ranting about various things that are happening; mainly accounted by being excessively reactive to them. There are clear indications of one losing a tranquil approach while dealing with situations - which is a thing of concern. This study focuses on highlighting these aspects and creating possible solutions.
This post is organized as follows. The next section talks about the motivation that has caused this scenario. Following that section will be a brief list of noted incidents. We then proceed to the observations and results, followed by a short conclusion.

Motivation:
         From well known studies of the past and personal experiences, we can figure out that the rootcause for the over-reacting phenomenon is mostly the change in the place, position and lifestyle. Change in the environment is expected to translate into such behavioural patterns - ranging from simple commentary of the surroundings to blaming a system or entity for all the happenings to being in occassional states of dejection.
Also, there is a room for suspicion for emotional issues and lazyness to have acted as catalysts for the process.

Incidents:
        There have been many occasions - some quoted in this blog, some not; that suggest that the situation has been looked at with more attention than necessary. Instead of elaborating them, here is a congregated list:
           *  Missing home, Being Homesick, Indecision kind of posts.
           *  Some real weird choices of courses - that feel ridiculous after the last date of changing and dropping!
           *  General concerns about things that dont matter, and inadequate attention to things that do.
           *  Weekly cycle of no-tension to full-tension as workload increases.
           *  Running back home twice in 3 months of first sem - that should top the list!!

Observations and Results:
        The above study clearly indicates that being over-reactive does not help the situation very much. If anything, it only acts as a diversion from the task at hand. These observations call for a more integrated and relaxed approach to the situation. Although unclear, there is a need for a better way of dealing with things.

Conclusion:
        This post looked into one of the many aspects that have been a bit of botheration of recent times. Efforts are being made to mend the approach, and a have a more practical mindset in dealing with situations. Further investigations might be necessary to track the progress and report any deviations.

* Proceedings of My Diary - Life in IITB, Article 58     

References:
[1] http://sumanth-j.blogspot.in/