Time to break some habits

I've made lots of mistakes. The hard part was realizing not just the fact, but the extent. Sure, I've been hurt by others, but there also are quite many things I've just done to myself.

It's time to learn on mistakes. Here's my recent life rule:

Make time work in your favor.

Its strongest power is that it's vague, it can be universal. On the other hand, the biggest issue with it is that it's so vague, you might have no idea what to do with it.

Can't go wrong with some examples. No-brainer: don't keep 500 euro on your PayPal account. Put it somewhere that has interest rates. Bank deposit, savings account. Really.

Staying at a bad job is probably better than quitting it without finding a new one first. Or, to show my point: time passing with a job is better (on CV, for your budget, ...) than time passing while jobless.

Much easier said than done: time works in your favor if you work on your goal a lot, systematically, ahead of your deadlines. The other way is also true: it works increasingly against you if you leave it over - your deadlines will approach you.

To reach a goal, you have to set it.

Ok, all of this so far was probably rather obvious, but here's the big part: it was only about reaching goals. Thing is, I haven't had goals I failed to fulfill. I've just barely had any goals at all.

It only hit me when put different. Stagnation is not staying at a flat, stable level, there's no such thing. It means to slowly become worse. Oh, sorry, did I say something about the time again?

If you're sad about the clocks ticking, it's not about the time itself. It's about what you're doing with it. Noone will do it for you.