If you find yourself daydreaming on your job, you probably simply want to come home and enjoy life's pleasures without having to work for them. Unfortunately, that's not realistic for most of us, and we have to work. And when we have to work, we have to do a good job and be thorough, so we have to remain focused on what were doing. That's not so easy, however.
There are only 168 hours in a week, which isn't very much time to get everything done we need to. Most of us don't get everything done we want to, and we end up putting off tomorrow what we should have done today. However, this problem can be at least mitigated somewhat with effective time management.
Here are five tips that can help you use your time better.
1. Schedule a time for the things that you need to have done during each day. For example, make a time for work, and a time for play. Follow that schedule each day and stick to it. Look at your schedule as a list of priorities. If you are aiming to spend some time at the gym, then pave out a time just for that, and make it a routine.
2. Before you go to bed every night, list what you are going to do the next day, starting with first thing in the morning. You can also do this right after you get up and before you start your day, but regardless, have a to do list that you follow every day and then stick with it. When you've got one task completed, mark it off and move down to the next thing. Keep going until you get to the very last task you need to complete. If you follow this method, you'll only rarely get behind.
3. Do not allow yourself any distractions such as the television, cell phone, social websites, etc. Remember, there is a time for work, and a time for leisure. Distractions are okay, but only after the work has been completed.
4. Get the "have to" things off your list first, and then put the ones that can wait until another day after those. Nobody's superhuman, after all, and there are going to be times when you can't get everything done on your list. Staying realistic about what you can and can't do on a particular day is going to give you great peace of mind as well as make you more efficient.
5. Mix harder and easier tasks on your list. It's easy to get overwhelmed if you're continually putting hard tasks before easy tasks, but it's just as easy to get distracted if you try to do all the easy ones first before the hard ones. By "changing out" what you're doing and switching back and forth from easy to hard, you keep your energy up so that you get more things done. You can also spread more difficult tasks out over the course of a week, and pick certain days to do particular projects if you need to break them up specifically.
In short, time management is all about planning ahead. Of course, complications are going to occur in your schedule sometimes, so you'll need to go to "plan B" when necessary. Still, simply having a plan and schedule to begin with is going to help keep you more efficient, effective and productive so that you use your time wisely.
There are only 168 hours in a week, which isn't very much time to get everything done we need to. Most of us don't get everything done we want to, and we end up putting off tomorrow what we should have done today. However, this problem can be at least mitigated somewhat with effective time management.
Here are five tips that can help you use your time better.
1. Schedule a time for the things that you need to have done during each day. For example, make a time for work, and a time for play. Follow that schedule each day and stick to it. Look at your schedule as a list of priorities. If you are aiming to spend some time at the gym, then pave out a time just for that, and make it a routine.
2. Before you go to bed every night, list what you are going to do the next day, starting with first thing in the morning. You can also do this right after you get up and before you start your day, but regardless, have a to do list that you follow every day and then stick with it. When you've got one task completed, mark it off and move down to the next thing. Keep going until you get to the very last task you need to complete. If you follow this method, you'll only rarely get behind.
3. Do not allow yourself any distractions such as the television, cell phone, social websites, etc. Remember, there is a time for work, and a time for leisure. Distractions are okay, but only after the work has been completed.
4. Get the "have to" things off your list first, and then put the ones that can wait until another day after those. Nobody's superhuman, after all, and there are going to be times when you can't get everything done on your list. Staying realistic about what you can and can't do on a particular day is going to give you great peace of mind as well as make you more efficient.
5. Mix harder and easier tasks on your list. It's easy to get overwhelmed if you're continually putting hard tasks before easy tasks, but it's just as easy to get distracted if you try to do all the easy ones first before the hard ones. By "changing out" what you're doing and switching back and forth from easy to hard, you keep your energy up so that you get more things done. You can also spread more difficult tasks out over the course of a week, and pick certain days to do particular projects if you need to break them up specifically.
In short, time management is all about planning ahead. Of course, complications are going to occur in your schedule sometimes, so you'll need to go to "plan B" when necessary. Still, simply having a plan and schedule to begin with is going to help keep you more efficient, effective and productive so that you use your time wisely.
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About the author: Alison K. Mitchelson tells us about motivational techniques and professional facilitation via her company website Inspired Reality for business owners such as employee motivation and Executive Coaching. Inspire your staff!
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