Allocating Time for Writing and Reading

Since I got jobs, time to write and to read is decrease. It’s not my desire. Nevertheless, I strive to allocate time effectively and efficiently for writing and reading about anything, especially about economics. Because I work in institution related with economic policy, so that it’s appropriate if try to illuminate my point of view about economic problem. It sounds simple, but it’s difficult to do. There isn’t much time to write as well as time to read. If there isn’t enough time to read, automatically I can’t write optimally. 

My challenge now is how to allocate time to read and to write besides doing my main activity in my office. I realize that my main activity is work in government institution. But, I can ignore our habit which is always writing and reading, so that I communicate my idea about economic problem. So that, these two habits have to do simultaneously in order to improve my capacity as economist. As we know, economist has to good ability in writing as well as speaking. Economist idea is needed as advice for policy making. 

So, what I have to do in term of allocating my time effectively and efficiently for writing and reading? First, I have to pledge to myself that I will implement this commitment. Actually, I have planning about how I should write. In my commitment, I strive to write one article every day. That article about everything, although most of them is economic topic. I feel easy when I write economic topic because I have studied economic theory in undergraduate education.  Second, try to do activity as fast as possible. I mean if we can do each activity quickly, we have additional time to conduct other activities. So, I have to try myself to finish that activity well and quickly, including work in office, writing, reading, researching, etc. As a reflection, I work very lumbering. Actually I can do quickly if I focus for doing that activity. But sometimes, I don’t concentrate my mind for that activity. Consequently, it need more time for finishing. But start from now, I pledge to do one work before move to other work quickly. It can make me more quickly to finish and defeat the challenge in that activity. 

After I write this article, I will rearrange my schedule for writing, reading, and working. I work from Monday until Friday. I haven’t much time to write in those days because I go to office in the morning, then come back to home in the night. So, there is no time to write and to read again. I just have time to write and read in Saturday and Sunday. My latitude to do those activities is very limited. Perhaps I have to allocate time to write and to read when office hour is finished. Approximately 5 pm until 6 pm, I have one hour to write and to read before go home. If I can use those time consistently, it means that every day I have one hour to write and to read about economic issues in Indonesia. And also, I just want to allocate our focus to write in English, because in this time I am studying English. I will accustom myself to write in English as a preparation to take IELTS test in June 2012. So, I have one month to prepare myself in facing test. In that time, I have to learn English well. Working can’t disturb me, although it can decrease my focus to learn English. I strive to focus. [] 

NB: I apologize if there are grammatical errors. I am still studying English now.