How you spend your time is how you spend your life so If you're not sure where and how all your time spended , Make a note of everything you do on  your normal day.

Include work and personal time, start with when you wake up, how long you take for meals until you return to bed. There is no right or wrong answers, at this stage you're just getting an idea of where your time goes.

Now, answer the questions to see where and how you are spending your time in your normal working week.

1. ·            When do you start using a plan to what you're going to do... today, this week?
2. ·         How do you prioritise your tasks?
3. ·         Do you use to-do list to manage your tasks or do you do them as they come up?
4. ·         Do you usually finish what you planned to do each day?
5. ·         How much of your time is spent on your tasks dealing with crises or unexpected matters?
6. ·         How do you manage disturbance from upsetting your work?
7. ·         How much time you spend each day on paperwork?
8. ·         Do you choose how to use your time, or other people manage your time?
9. ·         Are you able to say "No" to your colleagues/boss?
10. ·         What tasks do you tend to delay or put off?
11. ·         What tasks do you tend to avoid completely?
12. ·         When is your most/least productive time of day?

If you had an extra hour every day, what would you do with it? What can you change about the way you live and work to get an extra hour in your day .

Look at how and where you're spending your time and decide what changes you need to make in order to use your time more effectively.

Could you get up an hour earlier or go to bed an hour later.

Spend a few minutes at the beginning of each day to plan your working day and you'll be able to do more tasks and be more productive. Look at where you potentially 'waste' time and decide what you can do to change it.

Make sure you're getting enough breaks during day. It's all very well working hard but how productive is that working time? If you're getting tired, you won't be as effective, take frequent breaks.

In sequence to make the most effective use of your time you need to make sure that you're focusing on what's more important things. Prioritise your tasks in order of importance or urgency. Make sure that you spend most of your time focusing on the essential  to avoid them becoming urgent later on. Get the high priority tasks done first and break larger tasks down into smaller ones.

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10 useful tips To Manage Your Time

You can't Stop the Time but you can manage it; you manage the events in your life  related to time. You may often wish for more time but you only get 24 hours, 1,440 minutes or 86,400 seconds each day. How you use that time depends on skills learned through self analysis and experience , planning, evaluation, and self-control.

People who practice good time management techniques often find that they:

1. Are more productive.
2. Have more energy for things they need to accomplish.
3. Feel less stressed.
4. Are able to do the.
5. things they want.
6. Get more things done.
7. Relate more positively to others.
8. and Feel better about themselves.

Finding a time management strategy that works best for you depends on your personality, ability to selfmotivate and level of selfdiscipline. By incorporating some, or all of the ten strategies below, you can more effectively manage your time.

Analyze where most of your time is devoted job, family, personal, recreation, etc.

Know How You Spend Your Time

Keeping a time log is a helpful way to determine how you are using your time. Start by recording what     you are doing for 15-minute intervals for a week or two.

 Set Priorities

Managing your time effectively requires a distinction between what is important and what is urgent (MacKenzie, 1990).
Experts agree that the most important tasks usually aren’t the most urgent tasks. However, we tend to let the urgent dominate our lives.

Use a Planning Tool

Time management experts recommend using a personal planning tool to improve your productivity. Examples of personal planning tools include electronic planners, pocket diaries,

calendars, computer programs, wall charts, index cards and notebooks.

Get Organized

Most people find that disorganization results in poor time management. Professional organizers recommend that you first get rid of the clutter.

Schedule Your Time Appropriately

Even the busiest people find time for what they want to do and feel is important. Scheduling is not just recording what you have to do (e.g., meetings and appointments), it is also making a time commitment to the things you want to do.
Good scheduling requires that you know yourself  Using your time log, you should have determined those times during the day whenyou are most productive and alert. Plan your most challenging tasks for when you have the most energy. Block out time for your high priority activities first and protect that ime from interruptions.

Get Help from Others 

You need to select someone with the appropriate skills, experience, interest, and authority needed to accomplish the task. Be as specific as possible in defining the task and your expectations, but allow the person some freedom to personalize the task.

Stop Procrastinating

You may be putting off tasks for a variety of reasons. Perhaps the task seems overwhelming or unpleasant. Try breaking down the task into smaller segments that require less time commitment and result in specific, realistic deadlines.

If you’re having trouble getting started, you may need to complete a preparatory task such as collecting materials or organizing your notes. Also, try building in a reward system as you complete each small segment of the task.

Manage External Time Wasters

Your time may be impacted by external factors imposed by other people and things. You can decrease or eliminate time spent in these activities by implementing some simple tips listed below.

Avoid Multi-tasking

Recent psychological studies have shown that multi-tasking does not actually save time.

In fact, the opposite is often true. You lose time when switching from one task to another, resulting in a loss of productivity (Rubinsteim, Meyer, and Evans, 2001). Routine multi-tasking may lead to difficulty in concentrating and maintaining focus when needed.

Stay Healthy

The care and attention you give yourself is an important investment of time.

Scheduling time to relax, or do nothing, can help you rejuvenate both physically and mentally, enabling you to accomplish tasks more quickly and easily. Learn to manage time according to your biological clock by scheduling priority tasks during your peak time of day, the time your energy level and concentration are at their best.

Poor time management can result in fatigue, moodiness, and more frequent illness. To reduce stress, you should reward yourself for a time management success. Take time to recognize that you have accomplished a major task or challenge before moving on to the next activity.

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