The Engineer’s Art of Time Management

Time is your most valuable resource. The average lifetime of 80 years can go by in a flash. Other things such as money, relationships, and possessions can be lost and made, but your time can never be returned. Time management is a learned skill. I wasn’t the most organized person growing up, often losing items or losing track of time and deadlines. Having gone through a strict Asian upbringing, <a href="https://medium.com/@thewanderingengineer/this-post-is-for-anyone-considering-the-engineering-science-program-at-university-of-toronto-4f828232c902" rel="noopener">a rigorous engineering undergrad</a>, working multiple jobs at once, and also doing a full-time job and graduate studies, I’ve developed a system over the years that allows me to manage my time and maintain productivity. It allows me to not only fulfill my professional, academic, and familial expectations, but also maintain good mental and physical health, be an interesting person, and have lots of meaningful interpersonal relationships. No, you don’t have to wake up at 5 a.m., run a marathon each day, and work 100 hours a week. I actually don’t recommend that as it will just burn you out quickly and make you hate your life (unless you’re Elon Musk or David Goggins). You can quite literally do the opposite of that and still make the best use of your time. I do believe if you want to improve yourself as a person, being able to manage your time is a basic step. If you can’t even organize yourself, how do you expect to improve? <a href="https://thewanderingengineer.medium.com/the-art-of-time-management-795ef6c9a3c4">Click Here</a>