Time Management
Guest Blogger Stephanie Swinscoe, Lead Experience Coordinator Bellus Academy Poway
Do you find yourself inundated by the amount of projects you have that need to be accomplished at work or in your personal life each day? Do you continually feel that the days fly by and do not have the opportunity to devote your necessary attention to each task because other responsibilities keep coming up? With as busy and hectic as our lives can be it is hard to keep track of our daily assignments or allocating the proper time. Effective time management will help you get more done each day and has important health benefits as well.
Time management is the ability to properly plan and exercise conscious control in the management of daily activities in order to increase efficiency and productivity. Originally, time management referred to just business or work activities, but in time the term broadened to include personal activities as well. A time management system is a combination of processes, tools, techniques, and methods. Usually time management is essential in any plan as it determines the completion time and capacity.
But how do you get back on track when organizational skills don’t come naturally? To get started, select one of these approaches, try it for a couple of weeks and see if it helps. If it does, consider adding another one. If not, try a different one.
Plan each day. Planning your day can help you accomplish more and feel more in control of your life. Write a to-do list, putting the most important tasks at the top. Keep an agenda of your daily activities to diminish conflicts and last-minute duties.
Task list. A task list is a list of duties to be completed, such as chores or a guide toward completing a project. Task lists are used in self-management, grocery lists, business management, project management and developments. It may entail more than one list.
Prioritize your tasks. Time consuming but relatively minor tasks can consume a lot of your day. Prioritizing your responsibilities will guarantee that you spend your time and energy on those that are actually vital to you.
ABC analysis. The ABC system has been used in business management for a long time in which it organizes responsibilities into categories. These categories are often marked A, B, and C; hence the name. Actions are ranked upon these general criteria:
A – Tasks that are professed as urgent or important.
B – Tasks that are important but not urgent,
C – Tasks that are neither urgent nor important.
Each group is then ranked in order of priority.
With good time management skills you are in control of your time, your life, your stress and energy levels, as well as an overall increase in time. You make advancement at work. You are able to sustain stability between your work, personal, and family lives. You have enough flexibility to take action with new opportunities. By managing your time more wisely, you can diminish stress and improve your quality of life.
