My Watch

When I found my watch was missing last last Thursday, I felt a pain in my heart. It is not a matter of money but a loss of friend that has accompanied me for 4 years. Maybe I have fetishism. I have tried hard to find it, asking aunties about it, checking my drawer and wardrobe again and again. However, it has not come back. Actually such thing has happened to me three times, but every time I was fortunate enough to find it finally. This time I do not know whether I have the same fortune.

This time I can enjoy a leisured life without checking the time frequently although it is really inconvenient without a watch and I do not have a habit of taking mobile phone with me. I have had a habit of checking what I have done every day at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. before. If I have not finished what I have planned to do, I will be nervous and guilty about wasting time. Now without my watch, the emotional burden disappears. I have felt more relaxed because my watch is missing.

At the same time, I learn to manage my time more scientifically. I am pushed to keep a record of my consumption of time on every daily activity so that my life will not be a mess. I know exactly how much time do I need to wash my face, clean teeth, have breakfast, take a bath and so on. I have to calculate time so that I can “survive” without my watch.

After 8 days of doing so, I have developed a “special” ability of speculating time, which means that I nearly know how much time left or I need when I do something without having to check the time. One example is we had an exam this Friday. I did not take a watch with me. The time allowed was one hour and twenty minutes. When I finished, the chief examiner told us that there were five minutes left, which indicates I distributed the time well. Of course not every time my speculation is exact. However, the magic feeling I have about time makes me really surprised.

My attitude towards time has changed slowly and surely because my watch’s loss. I used to regard time, as my enemy for it was always not enough for me to use. But after I lost my watch, I decide to become its friend. Now I can even feel it passing. I learn to rearrange my schedule to make it more scientific. Thus I do not have to worry about the insufficiency of my time.

So sometimes bad things can turn into good things as long as you treat them with positive attitude and then take action to improve them.