I Need More Time!

This week in class, we really focused on American culture and the things we value as Americans. We read an article by Robert Kohls in which he described 13 American values. After reading them and discussing them, I realized that in my opinion, almost all of the values in one way or another were connected through time. As Americans, we value our time and other peoples time. The major value that has to do with time I think is efficiency. As Americans we want to be as efficient as possible because we like to succeed and be the best person that we can be.
There are some values that may be hard to connect with time. One of those might be that as Americans, we are materialistic. We like to have many things yes, but by having these materials, it shows ourselves and others that we have worked hard for a period of time and our materials show our success.
Time plays a major role in my life. Everyday, I stick to a schedule. I get up, go to school, go home, babysit, eat dinner, watch TV, and then go to sleep. These things seem routine to Americans but there are places in the world where you do what you want when you want. Every American wants to use the their time as effectively as possible. We set deadlines in order for ourselves to stick to the schedule. Something that I realized that I do everyday is set my alarm on my phone. Although this is such a small task, it sets up my entire day. By waking up at the time i need to, it allows me to stay on schedule. If my alarms doesn't go off or I forget to set it, my hole schedule has been thrown off.
According to Kohl, Americans embrace change but I believe with the thought of time in mind that we don't like change. Change can cause in a loss of time. A loss of time is inefficient and since Americans always want to be the most efficient, Americans don't like change.