Shifting Productive Time from Working Hours

Demi Masa! A simple phrase that holds profound meaning if we reflect on it for a moment. Time or ‘masa’ is often associated with units of travel, movement, journey, transition, and process. Time or ‘masa’ is also frequently paired with space. In a material approach, space cannot be separated from time and tends to be non-independent.

Unlike space, time or ‘masa’ is capable of being independent, standing on its own without space; time or ‘masa’ can penetrate space and barriers confined by length times width times height, into an boundless world of imagination.

Time consistently moves forward without regard for the barriers of spatial desires, emotions, and forgiveness. Even if it moves backward, time only recounts history, folktales, and folk stories that cannot be changed unless rewritten in a new version.

Therefore, time becomes crucial if not managed well. Some say we must not waste time; others advise that to shorten time, avoid being too verbose; there are also warnings not to let ourselves be swallowed by time.

Often, we encounter advice in the form of ‘let time be the answer’ because hope will arrive in due time. Time is indeed very mysterious and poses riddles that require us to remain vigilant without overthinking, which is why it is called mysterious.

In essence, time exists as long as the Earth’s rotation and revolution continue, bringing shifts between day and night, sunrise and sunset. The processes of rotation and revolution were then measured by the ancient Sumerians and Babylonians (circa 2400 BC) into seconds, minutes, hours from months and years, later refined by subsequent scientists.

At the very least, these time parameters are known to the general public to this day. The length or shortness of time is a matter of perception and conception built from the inner feelings and atmospheres of each individual. Therefore, wasting time, shortening time, being swallowed by time, or time providing answers are perceptions of activities to utilise time, which is actually consistent or the same.

Determining Time

Time in efforts to accelerate or decelerate merely serves as the starting point for the subject entity to choose its position. Choosing a fast position can be done if the entity as the subject optimises its resources through thorough planning and consideration of the surrounding environment.

Choosing slow can be done consciously (well-prepared), or it can occur if the entity as the subject does not know its own resources or indeed lacks resources to speed up the process towards the goal or position.

For example, two people working eight hours a day as secretaries will produce different outputs. One secretary can draft a letter in five minutes, while the other takes ten to fifteen minutes.

This difference may arise because the corporate entity might have time tolerances that are more lenient or allow free time allocation without control. Therefore, setting time limits is important for corporate or organisational entities, whether focused on profit or non-profit.

Limits serve as points to draw lines towards the goals of every initiation, action, and step born from readable and planned intentions. Determining time limits is crucial so that every plan and goal can be managed well and measurably.

This is done to ensure that the processes of existence and growth of every entity can provide benefits both for itself and its environment. Even in the current context of the artificial intelligence era, determining working hours is no longer the same as 5-10 years ago.

Therefore, setting time limits accompanied by terms and conditions is a necessity to achieve the best results. If the results are not as expected, we can review, evaluate, and continue to make improvements and refinements in every process.

Working Time vs Productive Time

Although fast and slow need not be an issue because both exist within relatively the same time, only differing in perspective. It will be fast in a slow environment, and vice versa, it will be slow in a fast environment.

Both will gradually escalate towards levels of achievement that become increasingly refined. Thus, what becomes the primary determining factor for humans as subjects in defining time and its achievements remains a quite fundamental question.

Time has enabled humans to grow and process towards the perfection of life. From nomadic existence with simple technology to current life utilising advanced technology.

Evidence that the process of perfecting human life is a result obtained by utilising the potential possessed by humans as the most perfect beings on Earth. No one can predict future time with perfect precision, but at least we can plan steps to ensure our position remains in the group perfecting this life.

The shift in working time in the era of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things ultimately does not always start from 7-15 or 8-16 hours, but rather how productive the determined time is in producing the expected output.

This condition requires strong commitment, professionalism, and integrity in every entity inhabiting the existing ecosystem. With competence supported by commitment, professionalism, and integrity, the potential of that ecosystem becomes continuously