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TIME IS ALWAYS A SCARCE RESOURCE. WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS?

TIME IS ALWAYS A SCARCE RESOURCE. WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS? D6eOA
Time is never on Man’s side. It is a paradox. Man can never get enough of it, yet there is no way we can get any more of it than what has already been assigned to us in our lifetime. Like Shakespeare’s poetry, “Time is very slow for those who wait…” When we are young, we cannot wait to grow up and time is deceivingly slower. The brashness of youth makes us think we have an unlimited amount time and we see only the infinity of it. It feels like we can waste days on end and it would not even make a dent. It makes us believe that old age is a fate that will never happen to the young. All we want to do is be grownups; we chase down the minutes, hours and years until we are old enough to get our license, graduate, work, marry and move out of our parents’ nest. We wait for time to pass, anxious and unappreciative of the days that seem to crawl past in our slow adolescence. Adulthood comes too soon, and we all will wake up from the deception of the slowness of time too late; only to realise time is scarce. Being an adult, we would soon understand that the scarcity of time comes from the fact that it is finite. Time is a non-renewable resource, regardless of your power, achievements, family background, or even wealth. Everybody ends up the same way regardless who they are, for time is always equal and limited. In the mere blink of the cosmic eye, we will join the billions of our ancestors who have lived, died, and become indistinguishable from the piles of bones buried six feet underground. Time has become a scarcer resource. Upon entering old age, we would soon realise that “time is always a scarce resource”is an understatement. In fact, time is the scarcest resource and always will be. New diamond and gold deposits are discovered, and new bills are printed. Such is not the case with time. Nothing that any of us do in this life will allow us to accrue an extra second, and nothing will allow us to regain the time misspent. Once time has passed, it is gone forever. As much as we recognise the value of time implicitly in our daily transactions, we squander time. A classic example is we are unwilling to invest several hundred of dollars on a new business proposed by an acquaintance, but assuming he invites us for dinner, we are willing to take an hour out of our packed schedule to meet for dinner. We do it out of courtesy despite the fact that it will consume our most precious resource. How ironic. Hence, I think we should constantly remind ourselves about the scarcity of time and be more conscientious about how we spend our time. In a nutshell, time is relentlessly impartial. There is never more time when we need it. There are no extras, no hand-outs and no bonuses. Time gives no allowances to anyone; it does not matter how rich we are or how much money we make. The bitter truth is that the time we waste has no preference for the rich, beautiful or the intelligent. It has an odd way of reminding us that it really does not care if we are rich or poor, it will get us either way. We need to be aware that there will come a day when we look back and realise there is more time behind us than there will be in front of us. The scarcity of time is always real – it is, and will always be, the scarcest resource in the universe.
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Time
is never on
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Man
’s side. It is a paradox.
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Man
can never
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get
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enough
of it,
yet
there is no way we can
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get
any more of it than what has already
been assigned
to us in our lifetime.

Like Shakespeare’s poetry,
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“Time
is
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very
slow for those who wait…” When we are young, we cannot wait to grow up and
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time
is
deceivingly
slower. The brashness of youth
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makes
us
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think
we have an unlimited amount
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time and
we
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see
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only
the infinity of it. It feels like we can waste days on
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end
and it would not even
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make
a dent. It
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makes
us believe that
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old
age is a fate that will never happen to the young. All we want to do is be grownups; we chase down the minutes, hours and years until we are
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old
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enough
to
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get
our license, graduate, work, marry and
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move
out of our parents’ nest. We wait for
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time
to pass, anxious and unappreciative of the days that seem to crawl past in our slow adolescence. Adulthood
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comes
too
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soon
, and we all will wake up from the deception of the slowness of
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time
too late;
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only
to
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realise
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time
is scarce.

Being an adult, we would
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soon
understand that the scarcity of
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time
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comes
from the fact that it is finite.
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Time
is a non-renewable
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resource
, regardless of your power, achievements, family background, or even wealth. Everybody ends up the same way regardless who they are, for
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time
is always equal and limited. In the mere blink of the cosmic eye, we will
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join
the billions of our ancestors who have
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lived
,
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died
, and become indistinguishable from the piles of bones buried six feet underground.
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Time
has become a scarcer resource.

Upon entering
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old
age, we would
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soon
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realise
that
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“time
is always a scarce resource
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”is
an understatement. In fact,
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time
is the scarcest
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resource
and always will be. New diamond and gold deposits
are discovered
, and new bills
are printed
. Such is not the case with
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time
. Nothing that any of us do in this life will
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allow
us to accrue an extra second, and nothing will
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allow
us to regain the
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time
misspent. Once
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time
has passed, it
is gone
forever. As much as we
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recognise
the value of
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time
implicitly
in our daily transactions, we squander
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time
. A classic example is we are unwilling to invest several hundred of dollars on a new business proposed by an acquaintance,
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
but
assuming he invites us for dinner, we are willing to take an hour out of our packed schedule to
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
meet
for dinner. We do it out of courtesy despite the fact that it will consume our most precious
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resource
. How ironic.
Hence
, I
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think
we should
constantly
remind ourselves about the scarcity of
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time
and be more conscientious about how we spend our time.

In a nutshell,
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time
is
relentlessly
impartial. There is never more
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time
when we need it. There are no extras, no hand-outs and no bonuses.
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Time
gives no allowances to anyone; it does not matter how rich we are or how much money we
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make
. The bitter truth is that the
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time
we waste has no preference for the rich,
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
beautiful
or the intelligent. It has an odd way of reminding us that it
really
does not care if we are rich or poor, it will
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
get
us either way. We need to be aware that there will
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
come
a day when we look back and
Possible spelling mistake. 'realise' is British English.
realise
there is more
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time
behind us than there will be in front of us. The scarcity of
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time
is always real
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–
it is, and will always be, the scarcest
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resource
in the universe.
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IELTS essay TIME IS ALWAYS A SCARCE RESOURCE. WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS?

Essay
  American English
5 paragraphs
619 words
5.5
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