Oranizing Your Time

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One main idea to remember in the process of developing your time management strategy is to be flexible in your planning. Allow for the unexpected. The only sure thing in your schedule is that the unexpected will happen.

Following these three steps with the help of some time management skills will help you use your time more effectively, and a little more time is something we could all use!

Organizing

In the morning or even the night before, make a list of everything you want or need to do for that day (if done the night before, what you want to do the following day). It is not necessary to prioritize at this time. Don't even think about which jobs are the most important-- just write down everything you can think of. Right now you are just brainstorming.

Sometimes, it is good to list tasks or "things to do" over the next 5-7 days. This can help plan longer projects (i.e., more than one day) better. Besides that, none of us is perfect, and there will be days when we may forget or just don't feel like doing some things. Giving yourself more than one day to do a project gives you more flexibility (and more room for error).

Prioritizing

Now that you have written everything down, the next step is to rew rite your list in order of priority, with the intention of doing higher priority tasks first and working your way down the list. You will usually find that a lot of this is done for you if you keep in mind the due dates for the different projects you're working on. How you prioritize is your own business. No one can tell you what is most important to you. Just be responsible with your prio rities.

Try not to overestimate your capabilities. Do not leave projects for the last second. We've all do ne our share of procrastinating, but in the long run it is usually the least effective way of getting work done. It will happen, but try to keep the last-minute scramble to a minimum.