Time/Task Management

Every one of us feels having limited time to do things is a big problem. It is true but to what extend? When you are not able to complete your works on time or when you end up doing nothing whole day? Both in personal and professional life, all the work that comes on your way are important and it is just a matter of how we do things in our own ways. The most popular technique followed by 90% of working professionals is by maintaining things to do list for a day and it has been helpful to some extend when you don’t have to face adhoch activities. Sometimes you have long list of things to do in a day and you don’t even get time to look over those. Most of the staff does thing that is urgent, though it is unplanned. Why this adhoch activity arises? Every work does not come as urgent, before it became urgent that might have been important but you didn’t pay attention. 

 

Pay attention to the work when it is important rather than rushing at last hour when it becomes urgent. When there is some work to be done that is not urgent, we feel there is enough time to do that later and we lack proper planning. Start with the work that is most difficult first and identify your best time of the day. Stick to the plan or list you prepared to do in a day and for those activities that comes as adhoch, manage some time and energy from the planned and divided time schedule. That might little effect to the planned activities but it can be managed somehow as every day won’t be same with busy schedule. Adjust your schedule every day and also learn to say “No” to the work that comes in your way which is not your responsibility and background, as unknown work makes more wastage of time. Finally don’t forget to evaluate schedule in the morning and at the end of the day, which will help you understand what you have been doing and what you need to change.