Where did time go?

In the list of most popular one-liners, "I didn't had time" would not be too far in ranks. It is commonly heard from many people surrounding you including friends, relatives, colleagues etc. I sometimes ask people about where did their time go and get just a smile in reply. Sometimes its genuine but most of the times I think its because

1) We ignore - Complete a boring training; Cleaning the store room; Calling distant relatives once in a while

2) We forget and then we lie - Calling a friend or relative on a birthday; Something we promised and didn't do

3) We lie to ourselves - When we say to our self that I'm really very busy. ;-)

4) We never prioritize - Writing about an incident that impacted you; Taking backup of your hard drive; Taking family out for a picnic

Many a times we leave small things for later instead of addressing those at the moment. I've realized that we can bring down the number of occasions when we have to say "I didn't had time" just by finishing those little tasks then and there. If something's left for later, there is a good chance that it'll be sitting somewhere low in your "To Do List" or you'll never get back to it. Those who manage it well are wasting their time reading this article. :)

Other way of handling the not-so-important but need-to-be-handled tasks is to pick a few on a daily basis and give them a fixed amount of time. Here you need to remember what is to be done, for which you need to maintain a "To Do List". Its important that the list is kept up-to date. This article is my example of implementing what I've wrote here.:)