How to manage time?
The question is how to manage time but many have suggested that the question is wrong because according to them, you cannot manage time you can only manage yourselves. Anyway, why we need time management? Don’t we all know what to do with our time! Yes, we all know that we need to do this and we need to do that but we hardly do it the way we have decided to do it. Here are few tips to manage your time or to manage yourselves. A solid personal goal setting system is the key to effective time management and life planning. Setting personal goals wisely, you get a sense of achievement, sustain motivation, and reduce stress.
Know your limit:
We all have 24 hours in a day. We need to learn the best way to utilize it. We cannot finish all the tasks in limited time and at a time we can only be at one place. Here we have to take the support of the good management. With good management, you can improve your ability to operate more effectively – even when time is tight and pressures are high.
Spending your day in a frenzy of activity always achieves less, because you’re diverting your attention between so many different jobs. Good time management lets you work smarter – not harder – so you get more done in less time. So, know your limit and choose to do the tasks according to your ability and time.
Skills require for good time management:
Some of these skills including setting clear goals, breaking your goals down into careful steps, and observing your progress towards your goals are covered in Action Planning.
Other skills involved include prioritizing – You need to decide that which task is more important than the other. Focusing on urgent and important tasks rather than those that are not important or don’t bring you closer towards your goals; organizing your work schedule; list making to remind you of what you need to do when; persevering when things are not working out and avoiding procrastination.
Keeping a to-do List to manage time
After setting your goals, after setting your priorities, you should have a reminder system to remind you of when you need to do what: Remembering all the things in your head will only end up in a disaster. Always carry a pen and paper or organizer wherever you go. At the simplest level your reminder system could simply be to use your diary to write down the things you need to do and finish. This includes appointments and deadlines.
A daily list of tasks that need to be done is an essential part of action planning. Keep referring it and updating it regularly. You should divide task into important/ not important, urgent non urgent. Such a list can take a variety of formats but an example is given to the right. Update your list daily, crossing off completed tasks and adding new tasks that need to be done. Urgent or important tasks can be highlighted with an asterisk.
So, after all, the most important thing is your decision making ability and the ability of sticking to that decision until you get your desired results. So manage your time with cool mind, stressed out mind cannot make right decision. Make your decision consciously; keep your goal in mind while doing it.
