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Punjab Times (English Edition)

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January 05, 2026

Time is the one thing that is equally given to everyone, yet it completely feels unequal in daily life.

Some people seem to achieve so much in the same twentyfour hours that others struggle to survive. Students complain that there is not enough time to study, professionals feel there is no time to rest, parents feel time slips away before they can enjoy their children, and almost everyone feels busy all the time. The truth is not that time is less, but that time often unmanaged, misunderstood, and misused. Learning to master your time is not about turning into a machine or filling every minute with work. It is about understanding your life, your priorities, and your energy, and then using time in a way that brings balance, peace, and progress.

Time management sounds like a serious and complicated skill, but at its heart, it's very simple. It is about making conscious choices. Every day, we choose how to spend our time, even when we think we have no choice. Scrolling on social media, worrying endlessly, delaying important work, or saying yes to things we do not really want to do are all choices. When we do not control these choices, time controls us. When we learn to guide these choices, we begin to control time instead of running behind it.

One of the biggest reasons people feel stressed about time is because they try to do too many things at once. Modern life encourages multitasking. Phones beep constantly, messages demand instant replies, and work follows us home. Our minds jump from one task to another without rest. This makes us feel busy, but not productive. True mastery of time begins when we accept a simple truth: doing fewer things with focus is far more powerful than doing many things with distraction. When you give your full attention to one task, you finish it faster, do it better, and feel more satisfied.

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