{"id":23835,"date":"2011-08-03T10:04:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T14:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foodiecitymom.com\/?p=15095"},"modified":"2011-08-03T10:04:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T14:04:44","slug":"four-time-management-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/four-time-management-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Time Management Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\"\"<\/a>Last month, I was over at a friend\u2019s home and we started talking about our schedules.\u00a0 We both are moms who work from home and have very full lives.\u00a0 My friend asked me how I make my schedule work and I shared a few things that work for me the majority of time. We are all busy so I thought that perhaps these four pointers might help you too\u2026\n

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  1. Schedule your time according to your priorities.<\/strong>\u00a0 Personally, I schedule out my months, then my weeks and then my days.\u00a0 Many of us work for pay (either part-time or full-time), so those hours are automatically taken from our weeks.\u00a0 It\u2019s the other hours that I\u2019m talking about.\u00a0 We all only get 168 hours a week, so it\u2019s important to be mindful of how we use them.\u00a0 My personal priorities are God, my husband, my kids and then everything else. So, for my non-work hours, I schedule in daily devotionals, time with my husband, time with my kids and some sort of physical exercise on a daily basis.\u00a0 Then, everything else gets in where it fits in. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n
  2. Say \u201cno\u201d or \u201cnot right now\u2019\u2026a lot.<\/strong> We all have a variety of roles and responsibilities that pull at us.\u00a0 Some things we \u201chave\u201d to do, but we have a choice in many of the things that take up our time.\u00a0 I know that I don\u2019t have a sober estimate of time (see Point 4 below). I think that I can do 5 things in the time that it actually takes to do 1. So, I have had to train myself to only say \u201cyes\u201d to the things that I can absolutely do (barring any unforeseen circumstances).\u00a0 Fortunately, I have great family and friends.\u00a0 They don\u2019t take it personally when I turn down invitations, because when I accept them, they know that I will actually show up!<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cChunk\u201d things together.<\/strong>Basically, that means to do similar things together when possible.\u00a0 A couple of examples:-If I have several people who have expressed an interest in spending time together (that are in the same circle of friends), I will do one larger group hang-out\u00a0 \u2013 instead of 4+ individual ones. That way I can have great 15 minute conversations with each of them (and also see if there is someone who really does need that individual time so that I can make it happen).-Work-wise, I try to do similar things together. If I\u2019m writing, I\u2019m writing. If I\u2019m on social media, I\u2019m on social media. With the camp that I\u2019m administering, there are many different aspects (finances, registrations, campers, counselors, medical, etc.). I try to focus on one aspect at a time \u2013 instead of switching back and forth \u2013 because I\u2019m more productive that way. Note that everyone is built differently. My friend (who has various clients) asked if it was wrong for her to work on duties for each client together instead of working by task.\u00a0 While it works better for me to do things together by the actual task (i.e. I do all of my invoicing at once), there is no \u201cwrong\u201d way with this. Try grouping things in different ways and figure out what works best for you<\/span>.<\/strong><\/strong>-I even apply this with household things.\u00a0 It surprises my family and friends that I only do laundry once every two weeks.\u00a0 I read a report a while ago that said women spend more time on laundry today compared to the past even though we have more clothes and better technology. Not I.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mind washing clothes, but I don\u2019t like to fold them.\u00a0 That is why I only do the whole process twice a month.\u00a0 We have plenty of clothes and linens to last in between laundry days, so it works for me\u2026and<\/strong><\/span> there aren\u2019t piles of laundry waiting to be folded in the interim.<\/li>\n
  4. Associate a time with your \u201cto do\u201d item. ..and then add some \u201cwiggle room\u201d.<\/strong> Honestly, this is the one thing that I wish that I knew years ago.\u00a0 It has changed my life! I have been writing \u201cto do\u201d lists since I was a little girl.\u00a0 That\u2019s just the way I\u2019m \u201cbuilt\u201d.\u00a0 However, the fuller that my life became, I noticed that I was checking less and less things off my daily lists. In the last 6 months, I started putting a time frame with the various things on my daily lists.\u00a0 What an eye-opener!\u00a0 I was so \u201coff\u201d in regards to the amount of time that I scheduled for things versus the amount of time that it actually took to complete them.\u00a0 After about a week of tracking my estimated timing to the actual timing of things, I had a better grasp of how to plan my days.\u00a0 Now, I can plan pretty accurately, but I also give myself some \u201cwiggle room\u201d \u2013 an extra 15 minutes or so between tasks \u2013 just in case something comes up.\u00a0 (With kids, something usually<\/strong> comes up \u2013 even if it\u2019s just a quick snuggle!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I hope that those tips help.\u00a0 Actually, I find it kind of ironic that I\u2019m writing about time management during a period when there really are not enough hours in the day to make everything fit. \u00a0These tips really do work though \u2026they just are not magic.\u00a0 There will be times in all of our lives when (despite our best efforts) everything just didn\u2019t fit neatly.\u00a0 That\u2019s a part of life.\u00a0 During those times, I just ride the waves and do my best.\u00a0 For the majority of the time though, the tips that I have shared help my life to be a lot more peaceful and enjoyable.\u00a0 Is there anything that helps you to juggle the various roles that you have in your life?<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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