There are tons of free time management tools abound--particularly
online; however, many people don't realize how simple time management
really is and that you for the most part come equipped with them
already.
The first of the free time management tools we'll discuss is your attention. Focus is key to time management because the more fully engaged you are in a topic, the easier it is to do well quickly. In fact, some of us procrastinate just so that crippling deadline forces us to have to work in that pure state of adrenaline filled focus. Luckily, however, you can amp your focus simply by just increasing how important the task is to you and offering yourself a reward for finishing it. (I've been rewarding myself with social activities and courting a beautiful Russian woman--it works out really well, and gives you incentive to finish as early and quickly as possible.)
The next free time management tool is priority. It's important to prioritize everything because if you just do tasks in the order of priority, you'll find your productivity almost doubles overnight because what needs to be done always is as soon as possible.
The third of the free time management tools is a stop watch. If you Google free stopwatch, you'll find several options. Stop watches are important because the most important thing to do with tasks is to put an aggressive, but doable deadline on them--and this includes a time length (e.g. I give myself 20 minutes tops to write these articles). If you set deadlines and keep them, your time will also increase.
The last of the free time management tools I'm going to discuss is scheduling. I'm a big proponent of task management. So, I just write down what I want to do, set a deadline on it, chunk it into smaller pieces, set deadlines on those. Then, I write my daily todo list on an index card, prioritize, and then do them in order of priority within the time limit I initially set.
This is too complicated for some people. If you're one of those people and you crave more rigor, then I greatly recommend Google Calendars. In which case, use the tips above, but schedule a certain amount of time everyday to accomplish the tasks that must be done. A great way to get started is to just block out the times that you're not able to do anything because you're always already preoccupied (for instance, sleeping, cooking, commuting, working a day job, spending time with the family, etc.).
The first of the free time management tools we'll discuss is your attention. Focus is key to time management because the more fully engaged you are in a topic, the easier it is to do well quickly. In fact, some of us procrastinate just so that crippling deadline forces us to have to work in that pure state of adrenaline filled focus. Luckily, however, you can amp your focus simply by just increasing how important the task is to you and offering yourself a reward for finishing it. (I've been rewarding myself with social activities and courting a beautiful Russian woman--it works out really well, and gives you incentive to finish as early and quickly as possible.)
The next free time management tool is priority. It's important to prioritize everything because if you just do tasks in the order of priority, you'll find your productivity almost doubles overnight because what needs to be done always is as soon as possible.
The third of the free time management tools is a stop watch. If you Google free stopwatch, you'll find several options. Stop watches are important because the most important thing to do with tasks is to put an aggressive, but doable deadline on them--and this includes a time length (e.g. I give myself 20 minutes tops to write these articles). If you set deadlines and keep them, your time will also increase.
The last of the free time management tools I'm going to discuss is scheduling. I'm a big proponent of task management. So, I just write down what I want to do, set a deadline on it, chunk it into smaller pieces, set deadlines on those. Then, I write my daily todo list on an index card, prioritize, and then do them in order of priority within the time limit I initially set.
This is too complicated for some people. If you're one of those people and you crave more rigor, then I greatly recommend Google Calendars. In which case, use the tips above, but schedule a certain amount of time everyday to accomplish the tasks that must be done. A great way to get started is to just block out the times that you're not able to do anything because you're always already preoccupied (for instance, sleeping, cooking, commuting, working a day job, spending time with the family, etc.).
By the way, would you like to learn more about time management? Then, download my free guide How to Manage Your Time.
Though, you may also be interested in reading my blog post about how to avoid procrastination.
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