MY HOUR TO SHINE

There is something about time. It gives us this sense of purpose and clarity even though we most times don’t use it properly. Sadly, we only realize how poorly we have been using our time when we have missed a deadline or very close to missing one. Usually, we even start feeling like the 24 hours in a day is too small and God should have made more hours for us and that way we won’t always be behind schedule. But then, is that really true? Even if we have an extra 24 hours to the 24 hours we have now, we will still end up missing the deadline or even worse, we will still think that 48 hours a day is not enough as long as we haven’t learnt the act of time management.  Having that in mind, the indiaunited contest topic has asked us to share what we will do if we have an extra one hour to ourselves by a means of time and every other thing freezing and we are the only ones not frozen. I saw this topic yesterday and it actually kept me thinking for a while to know what I’ll want to use just an hour for. The truth was I actually felt it was too small, so I’ll probably just use that time to rest and relax myself especially if I have been very busy prior to when the time froze but then, if I don’t feel tired at that time, I’ll probably want to use that time for something else and there are a lot of things to do but it all depends on the situation I’m in before time froze. So for me to give a better approach to this question, I’ll like to paint a possible situation I might be in before time was frozen leaving just me unfrozen. Let’s say time froze at a time like this in my life when I’m preparing towards writing a promotional examination, if the time freezes on a day I have a paper and I didn’t wake up very early for my exams due to the fact that I over slept due to how tired I was, I’ll use that frozen time to get fully ready by taking my bath, getting something to eat and hurrying up to the venue and save myself the trouble of worrying so much of how I can make it in time for my exams that I have just two more minutes to go for or how I’ll plead with the exam invigilators present. With time freezing in a moment like that, it will be of great essence to me because that exam is one that I have been preparing so hard for and going late for it might hinder me from giving my best because I’ll be delayed greatly or probably not even allowed to sit for the exam anymore as it’s against the rules to go late for an examination. And even if I’m allowed to sit for such exams, I might feel really tense and anxious because of how I have hurriedly tried to make it there and also the various questions I have been asked by the invigilators.  Not missing that exam will save me a whole lot that will impact my life positively. I will be able to write the exam and move to the next level of my academic journey and not having to wait for another year to resit for such exams again. So for a situation like the one I have painted above, having one hour will be so much for me and it is something that can affect my life for the best. But it will be different if I wasn’t in any situation that I have a deadline to meet up with. I’d probably just rest like I said before or take that time out to reflect on my life and make good plans on how to achieve my next goals. Thank you for reading through. 💜 * _{Images used are mine} *