The Value of Time

Time is the most valuable thing in any culture. Everything is subject to it, and all business is measured in it. Regardless of what time zone you are in, minutes, seconds and hours are universal measurements. However, despite these standards, each person values his or her time differently.

My best friend from back home, for example, runs off of a clock that is not in synch with the rest of society. If she says that it is going to take her an hour to do something, anyone who is close to her knows that it will actually take two. I refer to this as “Hailee time”. (I.e.-“You need to be here by 7:00…so 6:00 Hailee time.”)

I’m sure you all can relate.

This brings me to the point of punctuality. By definition, punctuality is “the habit or quality of adhering to appointed time”. This means that punctuality is a learned habit that every person is capable of.

With that being said, it is no wonder why it comes off as selfish when a person is habitually late.

It’s a little cheesy, but this video emphasizes the value of time:

Even though punctuality seems so irrelevant to this video, I am trying to make a point that we should value other’s time just as much as our own. Every minute you waste of someone else’s time, is just another minute they will never get back.

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