A Dance with Time
Once, there was a high school girl named Elara who had a problem: she was always busy and stressed. Elara tried to do all her homework and projects at once, but it was too much. She was good at many things, but she wasn't good at planning her time. This made her angry and tired, and it also made it hard for her to stay friends with people. One day, Mr. Darrow, her English teacher, noticed that Elara was having a tough time. He saw that her grades were going down and she was unhappy. So, after class one day, he asked her to stay behind for a chat. "Elara," Mr. Darrow said, smiling kindly, "you're trying to do too much at once. You need to learn how to plan your time better." Elara felt sad because she didn't know how to change. Mr. Darrow gave her a planner—a book where she could write down what she needed to do each day, including time to relax and hang out with friends. It wasn't easy, but Elara started to use the planner. She wrote down when she ha