Time management is almost a mythical ethos that dodges you no matter how good your intentions might be in your life. Did you ever experience being piled up with a mountain of work before you, leaving you with no time at all for your family and friends? Did you ever spend hours and hours at night, contemplating about all the things which are waiting for you at the office tomorrow? If these things sound familiar to you, then, you are definitely not alone.
But this is now the perfect time to make some changes and reclaim the life that you have lost. Here are several mantras that you can use for your time management that can help your personal situation so that you can once again take full control and reclaim your life and rescue your entire day.
“Agreeing to everything helps no one.”
When you already have a fully loaded schedule, don’t be afraid to decline. Always saying “yes” to your colleagues or boss will help nobody. Not only will your workload increase for at the same time, you might even miss your deadlines, not just for your current tasks but also for those additional tasks that you have accepted.
Needless to say, saying a cursory “no” to such a request might become counterproductive, creating unwanted negative air. Thus, wording your response with extra care is a must.
“A single day only lasts for a day.”
Gaining, stretching or saving time is simply nonexistent. It is something that most people have probably used at one point in time but in truth, this is merely a fallacy. Remember that time is something constant and you can definitely not do anything to alter it.
A few things, such as delegating tasks or using computerized systems, can boost productivity. But all these things take place in the similar time space. When you learned to accept the fact that time passes and it is not something that you can change, you will start to adapt your working styles to better manage the things that you do within the allocated periods in a more effective way.
“Manage yourself to manage your time.”
Extending your working hours is never a good way to manage your time. Time management is something driven by efficiency. When you start to work earlier in your day and finish later, you will end up damaging both your personal and social life. Among the best benefits of proper time management is that it balances your personal and working lives by ensuring that your personal time will be spent in an environment free from any kind of stress.
The adage “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” has been heard for so many years and this saying’s key components still ring true even in the modern way of managing time.
Sleeping early at night will make you well rested and ready for the next day while waking up earlier in the morning gives you the extra time of preparing for the day ahead without having to rush. Getting to your office late, tired from rushing, and practically in a gloomy mood can negatively affect your whole day.