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3 Tips to Get a Better Handle on Time
Time management seems to be elusive and one of those age-old struggles that never seems to go away. Despite new technologies that claim to make our lives easier and free up more of our time, most of us are as over committed and stressed out as we were before we began use of these devices and programs.
Here are some practical tips to create better use of your time as well as help you to get your more freedom in your day:
1. Identify the activities in your day that are time-stealers.
Keep track of how much time you spend reading emails, browsing the web and chatting on the telephone because these are some of the most well known time-stealers. After you track the time that you spend on these activities, it is likely that you will automatically start to decrease your time-stealing activities.
2. Set achievable baby step goals.
Even the smallest goals can put you on the track to better time management skills. Set a small goal, like not reading personal emails during work hours for a week or filing your mail the day it comes in instead of letting it pile up. Once you’ve achieved this small goal, move on to something bigger. Before you know it your time management issues will be a thing of the past.
3. Set up a time spending plan.
Why? Well, quite simply your efforts to better manage your time will not be noticeable until you start keeping track of the progress that you are making. Create a simple chart and put it on your desk or refrigerator – somewhere where you’ll see it every day – then fill out what you plan to do and when you did it. This will help you see at a glance what needs to be done and as you complete items you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment.
There are so many things that need to be accomplished during the course of a day, and sometimes it seems like an impossible feat to accomplish. The tips above were developed to show you some simple techniques that you can use to get more of the things you want to get done…DONE!
MY REQUEST:
Decide on at least one of the above tips that you will put into action to help you get a better handle on your time. Let me know which tip(s) you used and how it worked for you.
