Know How You Spend Your Time?

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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