Are You Conscious About Where Your Time Goes?
Earlier I have written about how you should create a plan for your day and have time frames. By doing this and managing your activities you will be in control. But, you also need to become conscious about where your time is going right now.
How are you using the 24 hours you are giving every single day? What are you doing every single minute of the day? There is one way to get a clear image of this and that is to write it down. By writing every single activity and the amount of time you spend on it down, you will get clarity about where your time disappears. So, do that! Bring a log with you all day long for a period of time and begin to write. E.g. your lunch break took an hour and not a half as planed, write it down. Your friend called you and suddenly an hour had past, write it down! After having written everything down you will be able to see where you can cut down and use it otherwise.
While writing every activity down you must be honest with yourself. Most times people will experience that they are loosing lots of time on time wasters. You where just going to see the news on TV but after the news your favourite show started and then another one, and another one… Or you where just going to check your e-mail and suddenly you where surfing on the internet for an hour, or perhaps more. Sounds familiar? Well, by writing everything down you will soon have an image of how much time you can safe and where.
For those of you who have not already, you should read my article “Begin With A Plan For Your Life” where you can read more about what to do from here. It is very important to have a plan and first when you know what you want out of life, you can begin making a weekly and daily plan. But before getting to the plan, remember, you need to know where your time is going now. When you are conscious about that, you are ready to move on.
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