Time and self-management is key in today's fast paced life

I really enjoy writing articles on Steemit and I just can't find the time for it between my busy schedule. I therefor decided to take a closer look at time and self-management and want to share my approach with the community. I have written about this sometime last year, but I obviously did not listen to my own advice and learnings, otherwise I would not have the same problem today.

Time management

I think that everybody always need more time in their days. There are just so many things that needs to be done, from a personal and professional perspective. After a bit of research, I am personally going to implement the following and they are listed in no specific order as I believe it is a combination of the below which will assist in managing you time:

Set some goals for the day

First things I will do is set some serious goals for a specific day. Understand what needs to be done and work towards those goals.

Prioritise

Sure everything seems to be of the same importance, but, there is always a logical sequence of things to be done. Some of the things you want to do in a specific day is of equal importance, but those things should then be done first, as there is nothing that can bother me as much as when I know I need to do something later. Rather finish it first and free up some mind space. Do not start your prioritisation process for the day too late. They say that prioritisation is misunderstood a lot of times. So read up a bit about that …

Planning

In my opinion planning is a very key aspect of Time Management. If you know exactly what you need to accomplish in a specific day, it will be much easier to allocate certain time slots to specific things.

Focus

Not all people enjoy working in the same way. Focus however is key in time management. Always remember that you will have multiple tasks competing for your attention. Focus is key to complete the specific task at hand. You will get much more done when completing one task at a time than trying to do many things at the same time.

Decision Making

I believe that decision making walks hand in hand with prioritisation. There are a few things to make decisions on during your planning:

What tasks needs to be completed?
When is a task completed?
What tasks never gets completed?
Who can I help?
Who can I ask for assistance?
Who can I delegate what to?
Record Keeping

Ensure that you have a way of managing your tasks. I usually use the Task Manager in Outlook as I always have my email open. This assists to see that you are making progress and you also have a view of what still needs to be done. It is key to have some or other tool to manage your tasks as you will forget about specific things if you don't

Lets start here. I would love to hear comments and suggestions on what we can add to the list. Also if somebody can tell me what works for them… I love to learn.