Time management is one of the great workhorses of many people. On many occasions, not knowing how to manage the time available in an adequate manner generates stress and dissatisfaction. But by managing time properly, it is possible to comply with all obligations and include other complementary activities.
When organizing time there are a series of common mistakes that are made whose solution helps improve the management of time available.
All people are able to manage time effectively, but to do so it is necessary to first identify what we are doing wrong.
Do not keep a to-do list
If you have ever had the feeling of having stopped doing something important, you will understand the need to have a well-done to-do list. It is important that this list is organized by priorities and that it shows the tasks that must be done at a given time and at a specific time. There are many technological tools that help facilitate this task.
Not having personal goals
It is important to have a goal to walk, however simple. The establishment of personal goals is essential to manage time well, because the objectives offer a destination to reach. . When we know where we want to go we can manage our priorities, our time and our resources to get there. The goals also help us decide what it is worth to spend time on and differentiate it from what is just a distraction.
Do not set priorities
It is not always easy to establish priorities, especially when we find a lot of tasks that seem urgent. However, it is essential to learn to prioritize tasks effectively to better manage time.
Not knowing how to master the distractions
Identify what are the actions or circumstances that distract us is essential to master them. The electronic mail, the telephone, the applications of instantaneous mail, the television or the radio are some of the circumstances that distract and make lose the concentration, and with which a great amount of time is lost.
To manage time effectively, it is necessary to minimize distractions and manage interruptions effectively. For example, to delimit a daily time to the reading of the mail and to the answer of messages, turning off the chats and services of messaging and even turning off the telephone or rejecting the calls when it is not an inescapable question.
Managing interruptions improves concentration and, therefore, productivity.
Procrastination or procrastination
Procrastination or procrastination occurs when the tasks that must be done are postponed and others are done thinking that something useful is being done when in fact it is not. Many times the problem is that you are afraid to start the task and you flit around without really doing anything and wasting your time.
Wanting to do too many things
When you do not know how to say "no" the number of tasks and commitments grows and grows. This can lead to poor results, stress and low morale.
It is fundamental that each person becomes master of their own time and that they learn to say "no" or, at least, to decide when.
Need to be always busy
Some people need to be always busy and busy around them. But this is not synonymous with efficiency and produces great stress. It is necessary to reduce the speed of day to day and learn to
Multitasking
This word that is so fashionable is a symbol of the day to day of many people: write an email while talking on the phone, prepare food while you answer a message or eat while reading on the mobile device something urgent are some examples. But even if you think that this is how you make the most of your time, the truth is that productivity and efficiency are reduced, and in many cases, the execution time of the tasks is lengthened because 100% of the resources are not dedicated to each task. . In addition, in many cases mistakes are made that waste a lot of time.
Therefore, it is best to forget about multitasking and focus on the tasks of one task at a time.
Do not rest
It is impossible to concentrate and be productive at work or in the studio without taking time to rest and recharge. Rest allows you to think creatively and work effectively.
Schedule tasks inefficiently
You have to know each other to know which are the moments of greatest performance and accept your own pace to organize tasks.
"Do you love life? Well, if you love life do not waste time, because time is the good of which life is made. "
Benjamin Franklin
I see you are doing good. I havn't had the time, energy or drive to keep going on Steemit. But I see you do. Keep up the good work.
thanks friend, I see steemit as my work environment, it's a pity that I do not have time to continue on this platform.
That's life.. can't always do what you want.
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Its funny I agree with time management in that we have to maximize what we do with it, yet time also doesn't exist and is a man-made construct. All we really have is the present, the past is in the past and the future isn't here yet.
If I understand, but sometimes we are so busy that we do not have time, an example:
Normally our work absolve our time and we live with a constant stress.