Chapter 17 "Big Time" and "Small Time"

Let me tell you a story—— Many, many years ago, New York City was very poor. When it was extremely cold in winter, public schools would suddenly announce a one-week holiday, which was called a "fuel-saving holiday". The real purpose was to lower the school's heating temperature during that week and save A lot of money to buy diesel. There is a boy about your age who went home and told his father that he was on fuel-saving leave. "One week's vacation, plus the Saturdays and Sundays before and after, there are nine days off. Do you have any plans?" the boy's father asked.

"I knew you would ask me this question." The boy said proudly: "I have already thought about it. First, I have to prepare my homework, because the exam will be the next day after the holiday. Second, I have to go to the library The library borrows a world famous book. Third, I want to chat with my classmates and watch a movie." "Great!" His father nodded and gave the boy twenty dollars. Six days passed in a blink of an eye.The boy suddenly asked his mother to drive him to the library. His father heard it and asked, "Is it time to return the book I just borrowed?"

"It's not to return the book, but to borrow a new one." The boy shouted, "I want to write a report for the Westinghouse Science Award, and I need to borrow a lot of reference books!" Mom quickly took him to the library.I just went around and didn't borrow two books, because the important books were borrowed by others first.They had to go to the bookstore to buy it, which cost more than one hundred dollars. The boy used the remaining two days of vacation to read and write non-stop, and finally finished a report on Monday morning, took a nap, and rushed to school to pay.

After school that day, when he heard the boy coming in, his parents and grandma were anxious to tell him to eat something and go to bed. But the boy frowned and said, "I can't sleep! I have to prepare for tomorrow's exam." His father jumped up and asked, "Didn't you prepare as soon as you were on vacation?" "That's right!" the boy said with a sad face, "But after a week, I almost forgot about it." The story is over, is it funny or not?Who do you think that little boy is? It's your brother! You said he was planning a nine-day vacation like that, smart or not?

not smart! why! Because he didn't prioritize things, and didn't divide time into "big time" and "small time". Just think about it, if he can go to the library to borrow books as soon as he is on vacation, and borrow both reference books for writing reports and novels for entertainment at one time.Wouldn't it be much better to read the reference books first, spend six or seven days writing the report, chat with classmates, watch a movie, and read novels to relax, and then use the two days closest to the exam to prepare for the exam? Let’s make another interesting hypothesis——

Suppose God said, "You have seventy years to live." How would you live? Of course, you can make long-term plans and move forward actively and steadily. But if he changes, say to you: "You still have seven years." You may seize the opportunity to read more books, see more of the world, and publish more works.right? And suppose it's even more pitiful, God said you only have seven months. what are you going to do Maybe you will arrange travel, travel around the world, to the country you dream of visiting. However, if he said that you only have seven days left. Of course you're getting together with your dearest ones and explaining what's going on after your death, right?

And what if it was the last seven minutes? You may hold tight to the people you love most, calm your heart, and face the end of your life. Boy, do you know why I say so much? Because you are going on spring break, I heard you tell your mother that you are going shopping, getting your hair cut, and watching a movie.Talking about after spring break, then exams. So I think it is necessary to remind you to pay attention to what is "big time" and what is "small time". When you have a vacation, don't rush to do small things. Calm down and think about it, how many big things need "big time" to complete?

Get the big stuff done first!