From the category archives:

Time Management

The Calendar: Your Best Friend

by Michaeline on September 25, 2010

Another great time management tool is your calendar. There are a variety of them out there from electronic to paper. It doesn’t matter which one you choose. What matters is that you have only one calendar and that you use it.

Using a calendar gives an overview of all appointments, scheduled events and important dates. At a glance, a calendar will let you see the flow of an entire month. If you get in the habit of looking at your home and work life a month at a time you will be in a better position to balance your schedule.

A calendar can help you organize routine errands together, consider your schedule before saying yes to the request to plan the next school event or determine how best to accomplish a major work project.

So use a calendar consistently and fine more balance in your life.

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Give Me a Routine Any Day

by Michaeline on September 18, 2010

In a previous post, I referred to using routines as a time management technique. Planning is one of the best time management tips and routines are one of my best planning techniques.

Whether you are raising your family full-time, balancing family with working from home or splitting your time at the office and home it is often a challenge to feel in balance and to feel in control of your time.

Routines for home and work can decrease chaos and create more harmony personally and professionally. [click to continue…]

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The Time Trap

September 11, 2010

The other week I worked on a Saturday. I am not sure if my intent was to catch up or get ahead of the game for the next week. I knew that I had a few items that if completed would put me in a better position at the start of my work week. So I created [...]

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Time Management: Fact or Fiction?

September 4, 2010

Time management… the elusive skill. Or is it? We all have 24 hours in a day and it is our choice on how we use them. If you feel that you need more time than 24 hours a day. If you are overwhelmed on a daily basis it is time to take control. Begin by [...]

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No Time to Organize…None Needed

July 11, 2009

Are you waiting for enough time or the right time to organize or de-clutter? Sometimes beginning is the hardest thing to do especially when you feel you don’t have enough time or feel buried under a lot of stuff. If you feel that you don’t have enough time to get organized you can get started [...]

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Identifying Your Time Habits

May 23, 2009

I wanted to share another concept from the book SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life: a four step guide to getting unstuck (Fireside 2008) by Julie Morgenstern. In the book she discusses how the habits of mindless escapes, procrastination, perfectionism, chronic lateness and workaholism add to your schedule. These “habit attachments” can drain you of [...]

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Keep Your Mind on What You Want

March 14, 2009

I am currently reading a fascinating book by John C. Maxwell entitled Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work (Center Street 2003). This book really does make you want to change the way you think. One chapter discusses using the potential of focused thinking, but in order to do [...]

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Are You Ready For Change?

March 7, 2009

Most of us who have experienced the snow and cold of this winter are definitely ready for the change to spring. But are you ready to make a long-term change in your habits? Studies have shown change happens in stages: thinking about change, planning change, making change and maintaining change. Acknowledging where you are in [...]

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De-Clutter Your Life

March 3, 2009

In your pursuit of finding more time, have you considered your mental clutter and how it may be stopping you from achieving your dreams? Mental clutter is all the stuff you have swirling around in your head including personal and professional obligations, beliefs, goals, to-do lists, should-do lists and worry. Is your mind filled with [...]

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Me Time

February 28, 2009

In my previous post I talked about eliminating wasted time. The intent of finding more time is to spend that time on yourself so that you can decompress, focus on your priorities and achieve your dreams. Here are a few more ways to gain some me time by zipping through your to do list: Streamline [...]

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