If you’ve been following my posts this month – you know that I’m tackled real life time management scenarios all month long. Here’s a recap:
- “This may sound ridiculous, but I’m so busy, I don’t even have time to read about time management techniques, let alone practice them.” Strategy – 15 minutes a day!
- “I’ll look into streamlining my schedule a few weeks from now when I have a little more time.” – Strategy – Start where you are!
- “When I’m trying to reach a goal, I track my progress on notes of paper that I keep all over the house, and my system is taking me more time than it saves me.” – Strategy – Use ONE notebook!
- “I want to take steps to use my time better, but I when I slip up I get down on myself. It’s hard to keep putting the effort in.” – Strategy – Stomp on the internal critic!
- “I’m working hard to use my time better and make progress towards my goals, but it’s sort of a lonely process, and I think it would be more inspiring if I had people encouraging me and noticing the small successes.” – Strategy – Create a support network!
- “I have a great idea, but I don’t know where to start, and the project is floundering. I will probably give it up and just keep on with my regular routine.” – Strategy – Make a list!
- “I set my goal and detailed my daily action steps, but the demands of the day always take precedence and real progress continues to elude me.” – Strategy – Schedule it!
- “I feel that I must read newspapers before I can recycle them. I don’t put my subscription on hold when I go out of town. So then I have a ton of papers to go through when I get back, along with the new ones. I feel that I might be missing something that I should or would want to know about. Then I feel that I can’t read other material such as books or newsletters that I would like to read. I know logically that there isn’t enough time in a day or a month (or longer) to read everything that I would like to read – so much to read & not enough time.” – Strategy – Decide how much time you DO want to spend.
- “I’ve heard about the 80/20 Rule, but I’m not sure how I can apply that to my daily life more productive.” – Strategy – DO 20%, delete and delegate 80%
- “My obstacles are mental distractions. I think of something other than the original task, and lose focus quickly.” – Strategy – Mental breaks!
Your turn! Which scenario do you most identify with? Which strategies do you use to ensure success?
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I just love these Lisa – my biggest challenge is my inner critic, so this morning I woke up and did some free flow writing, all from the perspective of my inner critic. I got all that nastiness out and I plan on doing a daily ritual of writing these free flow pages and then burning them. I’m sending my ego a powerful message (at least I think I am lol) that it can have its say, but ultimately, I’m in the drivers seat.
Thanks for these great nuggets of wisdom, I just love visiting your site <3
You are in the driver’s seat, Sherri!!!! My coach encourages me to tell my inner critic “thank you” and then move on! Love that advice. Thanks for stopping by!
Lisa