Time Management

How can a person manage his time well? Is there any effective and useful ways in managing time? Akin to some topics, there are also loads of different questions concerning time management. My ultimate aim as a writer is to have those queries answered as well as to provide different and essential points to everyone regarding time management. You, readers are my friend so therefore I am going to freely share with you some of my knowledge with a hope that they might contribute help to all of you.

We are now in the modern age wherein most individual engage themselves in different kinds of career like sports, modeling, movies, office and medical work, teaching career, business and a lot more. Regardless of your gender, nationality, looks, educational attainment, skills, knowledge and marital status, you are still obliged to manage your time so you can be an efficient, effective and productive person in your chosen career. Yes! That’s how important time management is.

Before we go further with this topic lets first define what time is, in the dictionary it is define as a component of a measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the duration of evens and the intervals between them and to quantify motions of objects. In physics time considered one of the few fundamental quantities. But as a person what is time for you? For me, time is the most essential gift I can share to a friend, so here I am writing this to you.

When we say time management, we are not literally talking about monitoring time, neither calculating it nor checking it from time to time. In the most expansive meaning time management involves both planning and executing. Money can be earned back once it is gone but once time is gone it is gone and no matter what you do, it wouldn’t be the same, it wouldn’t be earned back. Therefore it is very important to every individual to manage his time well. But how can a person do it? Nobody can fully manage time and control it, I think its a matter of self discipline, its a matter of learning to set and do your priorities, its a matter of being a responsible person concerning your duties, roles, responsibilities towards work, family, kids, friends and yourself and as well as a matter of organizing things daily.

When you are a responsible, organize and disciplined person, you can be real productive in every areas of your life. You can spend quality time with your partner and kids, (if you are married) work, friends and recreation with out getting yourself stressed. It is more about your attitude towards life. If you have a positive outlook in life and if you are optimistic, you are able to organize yourself and your priorities. We should keep in mind that the attitude of the person influenced everything about him, his life, career and a lot more.

Everything starts within one self. If you want to manage your time well then start it by managing yourself first. Do it by asking what kind of attitude you have towards life, towards yourself, your family, your friends and your career? Are you performing the best towards them? Are you giving your best shot? Do you remain optimistic despite of the troubles that comes in your everyday life? Do you know how to discipline yourself? Once you have positive answers regarding those questions, you may call yourself an efficient person in managing your time. And I hope you continue to be good at it as you keep venturing through life.

Top 10 Time Wasters in a Busy Society

Do you fall into the trap of wasting time? Time is a valuable commodity! When you waste your precious time, you’re actually preventing yourself from achieving the things you desire.

Below is a list of the top ten time wasters. If you find yourself spending too much time on these activities, try changing some of your habits so your time can be more productive and rewarding.

1.    Wasting Your Worry. Many people will worry until doomsday about every little thing in their lives. This is simply unproductive and bad for your health, mind, and spirit.

•    If you have something worrisome coming up, craft a plan of positive action on paper, then let it go. After all, worrying doesn’t accomplish anything positive.

2.    Television. We’re a couch potato society! We schedule our lives around our favorite television shows and we spend less time doing more important activities like attending social events that could strengthen our relationships.

•    Record your favorite TV shows and watch them during your leisure time, or limit your TV intake to just a couple hours a week.

3.    Video and Computer Games. This is becoming such a time waster that gamers are actually developing what is called “gamers thumb,” a repetitive stress injury.

•    Set time limits for yourself and your kids and help your kids understand why this is important.

4.    Internet time. Are you constantly browsing the Internet, Facebook or Twitter? Are your kids hearing you say, “In a minute,” much too often when they ask you to spend time with them?

•    Keep your time on the Internet short and get involved in life. Instead of chatting with your online friends, spend more time with your real-life friends and family!

5.    Telephone Chatter. Sure, we like to call old friends and chat, but do you chat on the phone all day long? If you do, you may find that you get hardly anything done all day.

•    Keep phone calls to a minimum or set a timer to go off after 15 minutes. This way you won’t feel deprived of a good conversation, but it won’t take over your whole day.

6.    Traffic and Commuting. Some of us spend an enormous amount of time traveling to and from work. You can turn your commuting time into productive time!

•    Try carpooling or taking the bus, subway or train to work. You can use this time to read, plan your day, complete paperwork, or even relax your mind before a productive day.

•    If you drive, you can listen to inspiring and informative CDs or tapes to sharpen your mind each morning.

7.    Hobbies. Yes, there are people who are so obsessed with a hobby that they don’t make time to do anything else. They rush home from work to their hobby, even skipping dinner.

•    If this is you, schedule your hobby time so you’re not skipping meals, missing time with your family, or cutting into other productive time.

8.    Daydreaming. It’s fun and healthy to dream about career ambitions or future aspirations, but when those dreams prevent you from taking action in your life, then you’re wasting time. Avoid getting bogged down with too much dreaming.

•    Make a list of your goals or dreams, then take action to make those dreams come true.

9.    Meetings. Although necessary, meetings can be one of the biggest time wasters of our workday. If everyone is wiped out from sitting in long meetings all day, productive time will be low.

•    If you’re in charge of meetings, set timeframes for them and stick to your stated time.
•    Limit the length of your meetings: keep needless chatter and agendas out of the meeting.

10.    Planning. If you don’t take the time to plan your day, the important things you need to accomplish may not get done.

•    Write down your daily goals and tasks.
•    Schedule your day in the order of your top priorities.

There are many ways we waste our time in our everyday lives, but with a little effort, you can avoid time-wasting activities and turn that time into an advantage.