One of the 11 steps to time management is Prioritizing; it is 1st rule to a productive work schedule:
1) Realize that time management is a myth.
No matter how organized we are, there are always only 24 hours in a day. Time doesn't change. All we can actually manage is ourselves and what we do with the time that we have.
I now know that I should start logging my work hours better, and then I would have known that I had this extra time in my day. I have to go to work late again tomorrow so I can fit my math lab hours that I am missing in tomorrow before I go to work. A major factor that most people have with time management is procrastination. If I had typed up my blog yesterday before I went out I wouldn't have to write and critique my blog so late tonight. Making a dramatic change in my life is the first way of stopping procrastination. I will set a time and date to write in my blog and stick to it for a week and see if I work out in my weekly schedule.
"11 Time Management Tips." About.com Small Business: Canada. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/timemanagement/a/timemgttips.htm.
"Business Cartoons for Newsletters and Presentations | Randy Glasbergen - Today's Cartoon." TODAYS CARTOON by Randy Glasbergen. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://www.glasbergen.com/business-computer-cartoons/?album=1>.
You have some great things working for this post: you support your argument (the struggle for time management) with great details. You are honest. You mix up sources (the link and the image are a nice balance).
ReplyDeleteSo now I'm going to challenge you to dig into the psychological angle of time management. What do researchers say about it? Find articles or sources that are beyond a basic Google search, authors with credentials on organization and time management. Use their expertise to cut though the basic steps and to show you how people can psychologically psyche themselves out of goals like good time management!
I feel like this blog definitely describes me and how I do things as well. I'm never on time to anything I attend but try to put time aside for the most important things that have to get done. Dealing with school and work can get hectic at times, but of course you can never go wrong with budgeting your time. Great post!
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