Time-Consuming

As I grow older and into my high school years, I began to understand and fully concur with the phrase "Time is money". ( I know I might come to an even more thorough feel of the phrase when I start working, but my belief in the phrase has increased drastically throughout the years.)  This long-established phrase has proven itself to be very true. Time is money, maybe even more valuable than money. There is a similar phrase in Chinese that further illustrates the importance of time. It goes something like this: an inch of time is like an bag of gold, yet you cannot buy time with a bag of gold. (I know this is badly translated.) It means that time is as valuable as gold, but you cannot get time back once it is gone. This further shows the fleeting character of time. 
As I have said earlier, the impact of ephemeral time had hit me the greatest in the past few years. As I elevated in high school, my sleeping time has decreased each year. Now, I often feel feel drowsy in the afternoons during school. I sometimes even zone out because of this lack of sleep. I really have to take actions to secure my sleeping time so I can focus in class.