Need Help Managing Your Time? Five Tips That Can Make You a Successful Time Manager

by Alison K. Mitchelson

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.

Did you know that there are only 168 hours in the week? That is not a very long time at all if you think about it. A large majority of us do not get done want we would like and end up putting off until tomorrow what could be done today. That is where effective time management comes in.

Here are five tips that can help you use your time better.

1. Schedule your day for everything you need to get done. Make time for work and time for play, and put it on your schedule. Follow your schedule religiously, and stick to it. Your schedule should list your priorities in the order you need to get them done. If you want to spend some time at the gym, make sure you put it on your schedule and make it a routine.

2. Every night before you go to bed, make out your schedule for the next day. If you wish calm you can construct it in the morning instead, but then stick to it once you have it down. When a task has been completed, mark it off until you’ve gone down your list. You can begin your list by writing of the things that need to get done right as you get up, and then go on down through your day until you get the last task checked off. If you follow this method, you’ll keep yourself from getting 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. Take care of your required tasks first, and leave the ones that can wait until another day. We are not superhuman, and no one says that you can take on a mountain of projects in one day. Try to remain realistic of what you can handle and cannot for that particular day.

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.

About the Author:
About the author: Alison K. Mitchelson tells us about motivational techniques and professional facilitation online at Inspired Reality for business owners such as employee motivation and Executive Coaching. Inspire your staff!
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