Editorial October 6, 1973 Issue

Beating the Clock

Naomi Price

More things to do than can be done in the time available? Then there are three alternatives: get an extension of time; relinquish some of the projects—perhaps let someone else do them if they're really necessary; or beat the clock by developing more of the infinite capacity that God bestows on His idea, man, and accomplish what has to be done with greater ease and speed.

The first of these alternatives, stretching allotted time, is not usually more than a temporary relief measure. One cannot have more time—more than twenty-four hours in a day and seven days in a week. So an extension of time to do one thing will necessarily mean eating into the time allotted for something else, or leaving one with no time to enjoy normal rest and recreation.

The second alternative, to abandon a project because, after further thought, one realizes it is unnecessary, not work that one should be doing oneself, to let another person undertake it in one's place, can often be the right thing to do rather than an admission of failure. Overeager zeal in taking on more work than one can do, or work that really belongs to someone else, may indicate lack of wisdom, meddlesome egotism, or an unwillingness to trust that other one to do it. All these can be causes of an apparently excessive work load for oneself.

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