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10 ways to reclaim your time

I’ve divided my tips into two sections: 5 Ways to Manage Your Time and 5 Ways to Get Your Time Back. Both offer daily or regular practices to try in your life right now.

The first section focuses more on easing the time pressures in your life, to deal with all the stuff you’ve gotten yourself into ๐Ÿ˜‰

The second section focuses on making general changes in your life. When you get your time back, you also get your CHOICE back. When we feel pressed for time and stressed, it’s easy to forget that we have a say in the matter. And we do it!

5 WAYS TO MANAGE YOUR TIME

1. Pick specific times to check email during the day โ€“ Seeing emails as they come in can really distract you from what you’re trying to accomplish and you’ll end up wasting time going back and forth between activities.

2. The 15-minute strategy. This not only helps motivate you by breaking big jobs into smaller parts, but also makes good use of your time. The strategy is to spend 15 minutes on one task and then move on to the next. You can go back to the first one as many times as you need until it’s over.

3. Find a system that works for you for making and keeping deadlines and appointments: a calendar or a daily timer. I use a Palm Pilot and am very happy with it.

4. Plan and cook meals ahead of time. A huge time saver and also makes it so much easier to eat healthier. It could be as simple as cooking an extra serving of dinner and having it for lunch the next day, or it could be planning seven days at a time (which is what I do).

5. Stay on top, whether it’s sorting your papers, doing the dishes, or working on a report, by taking things a little at a time (see tip #2) instead of letting them pile up to the point of taking up the entire day. day. It’s much more manageable.

5 WAYS TO GET YOUR TIME BACK

1. Set and stick to your boundaries: If you work for someone else, be clear about overtime and taking work home. If you are self-employed, establish the hours of the day that are no-work zones; Good places to start are meal breaks and deciding when the day’s work will begin and end.

2. Make one day of the week “timeless”: Rise and shine when you feel like it, eat when you’re hungry, and let your inner child (or real child!) plan your day’s activities. Warning: This may conflict with the next tip ๐Ÿ˜‰

3. Reduce the time you spend in front of the television: try to limit it to one hour per day. Or try eliminating it completely for a week.

4. Make friends and find someone to catch up with. Whether it’s your spouse, best friend, family member, or co-worker, if you’re both committed, you won’t let the other get discouraged.

5. Take your vacation! Whether you’re self-employed or working for someone else, it’s important to take time off to rejuvenate. You will be more productive in the long run.

Where do you need to make up time in your life? Where do you need to better manage your time?

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