Anyone have a time machine I can borrow?

Sometimes, actually most of the time, I wish I could stop time. I wish I could stop time so I could buy myself more of it. I feel like there's so much to do and so little time in the day to do the so much.

But it's all about time management...and sleeping less. The second part, I'm not so much a fan of. Balancing time is a skill, one that becomes more refined in college. But, I have to be honest, I still struggle to manage my time. What's the secret to completing everything on your to-do list (which includes eating and sleeping) on time while being effective? Any suggestions?

I worked with someone once, and she makes an actual grid with pluses and minuses to balance her time. It's about prioritizing, she says. What needs to get done first and what can wait?

I met someone the other day, and he wears a stopwatch. He gives himself a certain amount of time to complete a task - most of his tasks. For example, he gave himself five minutes (which includes distractions) to walk from the Writing Center back to the library where he would start his timer again to work on his paper before he had to go to class.

I think discipline plays a huge role in all of this, too. We need to discipline ourselves to start assignments when we get them so we have time to work through them. We need discipline to actually sit down and do it. Then, after a long day at work, we don't have a huge project to come home to but a smaller one because we already started a few days ago.

Here I am ranting about stopping time because I need more of it, but I just spent valuable time daydreaming of what it would be like if I could actually stop time. This time would have been well-spent if I was successful in inventing some sort of time machine or something...but I wasn't. I'll let you know of my progress though. While on the topic, does anyone have a time machine I can borrow? I promise to give it back. I'll keep working on mine...as well as those time management skills, I guess.

As for now, I need to move to the next thing on my to-do list, which is getting ready for work. Even that takes time!