Manage Time Manage Your Life

Managing time is by far the most complex thing in managing our life. All of us have access to many valuable resources but nothing is more important than time. Its effective organization requires us to identify and develop our core strength. If we manage your time carefully and strategically, we achieve almost anything in life.

It’s true that one's, personal or professional, increases greatly with the optimum utilization of time.

Let us start with a few things that we all know are extremely important but still blame the shortage of time for not doing them. For instance; the world today is raving about health, fitness, diet foods, weight related diseases, and the like. But how many of us work out daily, do we watch what we eat, how regular are we when it comes to routine health check-ups, or make an effort to find time to meditate, practice one or two stress relieving exercises? Very few. Let's face it! We hardly make any appointments with our kids, spouses, parents, siblings and friends and hope to see them whenever it is convenient.

Sparing some time for the loved ones is not at all difficult. All we need to realize is the importance of planning a small get together and marking the date in the calendar.Not only will it be a constant reminder of the good times ahead but will also take half the stress out of our lifestyle. To do this, we need to train our minds to adopt this practice of planning things and develop it into a lifelong habit.

Give yourself time, and you’ll be able to do it. Once you’ve gotten into the mode of planning your day in advance, you’ll help yourself in more than one ways. Every morning you’ll have a comprehensive plan ready to implement and reach your goals.

In the following days I’ll share with you some simple tips and techniques that will help you manage your time wisely thus making you more productive.

Don't be Weak in Organizing Your Weeks

How does one know at the end of the day if he has had a good day? Most people I know try to remain busy all day, so they don’t feel guilty of not making the most of their time. And when the day is over, they can feel good about the fact that they had a very busy day. It makes them feel really good.

But actually things that are not urgent or are irrelevant do not become important even if you do them well. Managing your time is what is required that just spending time doing trivial things.

One of the best ways to meet this challenge is a concept that I came across while doing some random reading. It recommends dividing your week into three types of days:

Working days: On a working day you do only those activities which bring you money, i.e., attending office, doing professional assignments and tasks. You have to carry out only those activities that bring you money.

Buffer days: On a buffer day all you do is prepare for the working days; paper work and research etc. You know it’s a buffer day and you concentrate only on getting ready for the working days.

Free Days: On a free day, you don’t do any activity related to work. You have the freedom to use those days for relaxation, party, and doing family activities.

It all starts with blocking the days in your calendar at the beginning of every week or month and then stick to it.

You might find a bit odd in the beginning because it will force you to live in a certain way till the time you get accustomed to it. But if you religiously follow it, your life will change for good.

Your next step? Spend 10 minutes and divide your activities into working days and buffer days. Fix one day to remain free and see what happens. Good Luck!