Developing a Your Time Management Check List
Over the last few week my personal life and work life have taken a substantial change. Such a change that I decided to revisit my Time Management Check List and would like to share with you. After all it may help you look into what you are doing and what you may have to do.
First I broke things down into categories, the "Must Do" and the "Can Wait." You will find that some things may be able to fit into both categories. These will make up a categories I like to call the 'Flip a Coin." These turned into mostly the things I like to do but just was not sure if they are a priority. Or I knew they need to get do, yet I was too lazy to do them, like mowing the lawn.
Here is a quick look at what I was doing for keeping on track with my online work. I say work, but it really is not work when you enjoy what your are doing.
This really is not too confusing. It lays everything out of what I was doing on which day. The only problem I found it nothing was prioritized to help me in the future. So my redesign has more of the same tasks. I just prioritized everything to help me grow with my future. My new Time Management calendar you will see 4 different Colors. You can choose any colors you want, these are jus the ones I have chosen.
Yellow are the Days I am working my JOB or can be used for Family or other events.
Level 1 or the High Priorities for the day are in RED.
Level 2 or the Medial Priorities are in Purple.
Level 3 or the Lowest Priorities are in Grey.
How you prioritize your tasks are up to you. You need to think of what things need to be to keep things moving in you business. Its best not to make everything High Priority. This may make you lose your focus and lose your creativity for things like you content or your blogs.
Training should be done on a regular bases along with research for your content. Both of which can be done together because your content for a given day could be based upon your training for the day. I make this a Medial Priority because of the need for training. As you may feel it should be done daily and have a High Priority. If you are having difficulty with a training lesson inside WA. Use the community to help you understand the lesson before moving forward. This may take more time and become frustrating then you plan while taking up a large amount of time.
The Low Priority tasks I use are the thing you can go a day without. Yet do not go more then that. Tasks like reading and researching for your next review. If for some reason you finished the High Priority, you daily content. Then start getting ready for the next day or your next post. This can be something as simple as reading some other reviews while sitting in bed or watching a video on your next product review.
This Is just an example of what I do to manage my time.
Please share you thoughts or an idea you use to manage your time.
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Yes! Efficient time management is a "must" in this business, especially, in the trainings. I make my sched everyday of what I need to tackle for each day. I try to stick to this as strictly as possible so I can cover all the items I need to cover. It works for me.
That great Edith. I am firm believer that everyone has some thing that works for them. This is a business when time management can be very complicated.
Hi Sag3. I am a total mess when it comes to organizing my time, but I don't think I can stick to a schedule like this. More power to you.
Everyone has things that work for them. To become successful in any business its a good idea to have some organization. This is just what works for me. It may not work for you.
Good information, Sag3. You don't actually say how much time you spend on a given task. Just curious. Also, looks like you are using Gmail Calendar to organize yourself?
One of the biggest stumbling blocks for me was organizing my time. I'm always interested in how others do it. Thanks for sharing your tips! Alanna
Yes I like using Google calendar because you can set reminders and I check my e-mail a few times a day. This also helps me keep my focus on day when everything is going crazy at home.
As far as time. Some people like to add time frames to tasks. I feel this creates dead ends which have pluses and minuses.
On the plus side:
-You will get the task done in a timely manner giving you a completed task. But how complete was it?
-It helps some people remain focused on a task a hand.
On the minus side:
-You may feel the stress to get a task done in a time frame which may not be obtainable. With stress comes the lose of focus and other health issues. Remember this is suppose to be fun and enjoyable. Not just "another JOB"
-If for some reason you get involved in a task and run over in time. Now you fall behind on the next.
Just my opinion, I could go on for hours why I don't create time dead lines. Time Management, to me, is more about what you do with your time and less about time deadlines. Of course some things need to be done in a timely manner or need scheduling, like a doctors appointment and picking the kids up after school.
Over the last few years I have been seeking ways to reduce stress in life. As we know from research stress can cause all kinds of underlying health problems. It has even been researched that on the average, people who live with time dead lines have a shorter life cycle.
To structural for my kind of work:) I am working with "life stock" and there is always someone who needs attention on the most awkward times, greetings Loes
So true Loes. I my line of work in my FT job I help folk in need everyday. I would never give it up. Or should I say, at this time in my life I love my JOB but if another opportunity came along. I would still volunteer my time to help others.
It looks good, but it's way too complicated for me. I use a little list program on my phone. I have different lists for priorities. I also have a very simple computer task program. Between the two, I keep things "reasonably" straight. :)
That's great Carlaves. Everyone has something that works for them. What may work for me just may not work for other. It's best to come up with a plan that work for the individual and stick with it.
Congrats on your "Ambassador" status. GREAT JOB!!!!!
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This is very informative - thank you. Makes you realise that you can in fact work anywhere, from any computer as long as you have an Internet connection, and of course access to Google + and your calender. This is why this business is great, allows the flexibility to work from anywhere. Brilliant post.!
You can even do some work while traveling without an internet connection. Creating content in something like a word doc that you can copy and paste when you get reconnected. Then make your content look great with images and adding a few hyperlinks.