Tips for Effective Time Management

                                      Time management is very much important in whatever field you may be, whether it may be in your day to day life or in work place managing time keeps you focused, organized and relaxed. The main aim of managing time is to achieve life style balance else you will feel stressed and irritated all the time. Time management requires you to plan and adhere to the plan.

Time is precious, so stop complaining that you don’t have time rather utilize the time you have. Here are few tips for effective time management:

  Ø   Set some goals to complete for that day whether they may be small or big just set some and start fulfilling those. Setting goals helps you to be planned and organized, which eventually helps you to save time.

  Ø  Spend some time for planning and organizing things. Plan and schedule things before hand because, when you start working for next day these will come handy. Plan before night or early morning, so that you will have schedule prepared before you start to work.

           

  Ø  Make your schedule in such a way that even if there are some unexpected and important tasks assigned you should be able to handle both of them without getting vexed.

  Ø  Find your productive time. Are you a morning person or a night owl? You’ll be more productive if you work when you are at best.

  Ø  Prioritize things, based on priority categorize them like: important and urgent, Important only, urgent but not important etc and try to finish them the same way.

                                                  

  Ø  Take breaks in between the tasks; they help you to be more focused and motivated.

  Ø  Learn to say “No”, to your friends or colleagues if you have more important tasks than those because you might not have resources or time to complete all the tasks. So, better not to say yes to everything and get stressed.

  Ø  Avoid distractions, make a list of things which distract you and try to keep the away from you while working .If you are distracted by text messages or notifications from social networking sites try keeping your mobile away and concentrate on scheduled work.

                                               

  Ø  Reward yourself, if you complete some task reward yourself with extra break or a small nap this way you can increase your focus and motivation.

  Ø  Start and end your day at a fixed time, this will help you manage your tasks as per the scheduled time table.

    Time management is a skill which needs time and practice. If you practice these few tips you can    easily inculcate this skill, which will make you organized and relaxed.