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Better Time Management Makes for Less Stress
Good time management can mean less stress. How often do you wish you had more time to do all those things on your list? How often do you say things like "There is just never enough time. How can I possibly get everything done?"
Effective time management begins with the awareness and acceptance of the reality that there really is never enough time to do everything, no matter how well you manage. OK, there may be exceptions like the person who has few agendas, low key goals, and is a procrastinator who gets very little done. But generally, most of us with time management issues, are people trying to pack more and more so called "important tasks" into our daily lives.
We bounce from one important task to the next and spend much of our day feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of all we are trying to accomplish.
You can search on-line and find a list of "time management tips" telling you to do things like "plan each day" and "break down tasks in to manageable pieces" and so on. Will tips like this help? Maybe in the short run but over the longer haul some deeper and more fundamental shifts might be needed.
Such deeper shifts involve looking at your life, what you are trying to create, and how you are going about it. This requires a step back from everything to gain a better perspective. It is extremely difficult to gain perspective while remaining embroiled in the doing of it all.
You might want to begin by taking a time out for some deep reflection followed by some strategic planning in order to get your time management issues and your life under better control.
At the very least take a personal two day retreat to a quiet place where you will not be bothered by any of the important things you are managing in life. After you have relaxed doing nothing for a while you can begin asking yourself these questions.
1. What do I want to create in my life?
2. How are all the things I spend doing each day helping me create that?
3. What things could I eliminate because they don't serve my purpose?
4. What are the two or three things that are important in helping me create what I want?
5. How do I re-organize my life to prioritize those two or three things?
Write down your answers to these five questions and you will return from your personal retreat with a plan. All that remains is to implement it. Good luck!
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