Time management
I asked him a question on how should I be managing my time. I have always been such a failure at it! He gave the following crisp advices:
- Go to sleep right after Isha salaat and wake up in tahajjud. Complete all your reading and writing tasks at that time. That has been the routine of our akaabireen.
- Never attend any gatherings after 9 pm. If there is a gathering at your place, make sure its ends before 9! He further said that nowadays most of the gatherings are not segregated so one can easily apologise the host beforehand for not being able to attend it. Secondly, one could very well visit earlier, give a present and politely inform the host why they needed to leave. The biggest ‘calamity’ that has befallen the urbanites in this day and age is that they have stopped sleeping early, and the be-barkati this produces in one’s life, and time, is clearly evident in our messed up daily routines.
- Keep away from mobile phones! Only answer text messages and keep a separate time slot for this activity. Do not let your cellphone’s message beep distract you when you are at work. Let your acquaintances know politely that you do not attend to phone calls because if you simply stop answering the phone without letting them know beforehand, that would be a very rude gesture. [This is a very important tip for all those teachers out there who are constantly being contacted (read: bugged) by their students for one reason or the other. Attend to their queries, but do not let your time get washed down the drain!]
Source : Traveler in Desert