How to control your time this year

Getting another year of epidemic may be your biggest victory last year. But it is possible that you have got more examination in your task menu more than you give credit.

While you are We look forward to 2023You may also look at what you did not accomplish in 2022 – the decisions that you broke, the goals you did not do, and the health habits you stop.

When you think about the reason for your enthusiasm and your commitment to goals, there is a good opportunity you will say – I didn't have time. This is logical. You are busy!

However, it is likely to bother you because each of these Decisions, goals or habits It was also important to you.

You know that achieving your goals successfully this year will require that Find more time.

Control your time

Get it. I am guilty of using “not enough time” as an excuse for not achieving some reasonable goals that I have set over the years as well. In an attempt to give up excuses, I finally decided to search for new ways to control more in my days.

Last year, TEDWOMEN TALK encountered more than 12 million views – Laura Vandrakam – How to control your spare time. It was worth my time!

I will highlight some of the main meals. But if you are struggling to find space in your busy schedule, look for a favor and take over Laura's conversation for 11 minutes.

I have no time = not a priority.

You may not fully agree with this point, but I will definitely admit that it is correct for me.

Laura notes that some people have much more difficult than others, and that life challenges may prevent them from reaching their goals.

But for many people, this is also true … If you don't have time, you don't really want Do that.

I had a lot of time. I was just lazy about priorities.

I didn't have enough time to give priority to what it matters and when I did so, I was easily distracted and involved with chimney chimneys.

After that, I will make excuses for things that were not accomplished when time management was really weak, so the hours were wasted.

Laura explains how to take over your spare time. She is considering showing the number of hours available every week.

7 days/week x 24 hours/day = 168 hours/week

When you add how to do, sleep, Side bustleAnd take care of routine household functions such as washing, cooking and shopping – you may be surprised by the number of hours that you left (also known as the estimated time)!

Even if you have 60 hours of work/side (which Laura indicates often can be exaggerated), 56 hours of sleep (8 hours per night!), 7 hours of exercise (one hour per day), and 21 hours of “various” every week (3 hours a day), still leaves you with 24 hours of “free” time.

(Note: If you have Children or elderly parents For care, you may only have a few hours of “free” time every week – or less, which may explain why you struggle to achieve your goals! But keep in mind, it also gives you information to help you achieve more realistic goals in the future.)

Remember, we don't need much time to do amazing things.

Whether you have one hour per week or twenty (or more) of estimated time, you can make progress if you decide to achieve a priority goal.

Even if your spare time is divided into a few minutes here and there every day, Laura says to look at this mentality – Small moments can have great strength. I can use my time parts to cut joy！

Instead of frustrating that there is no time to do everything you want in the hours or minutes you have, select the priority for something you can do in those minutes.

You can walk short, read a few pages of a book, and meditate – everything that brings you joy and moves forward.

A new way to approach a new year

It will continue to reflect and set the goals you want Next Yes, achieveP. But Laura suggests following an approach that you may not use in the past.

Write a review of next year's performance and a holiday message now

Before setting a list of professional or job -related goals for the next year, write a review of next year's performance now.

By the end of December next year, what do you want to achieve?

Make a list of 3-5 things that will make it a great year for you professionally. (If your “free” time is minimal, you can tell something or two things!)

• Apply for promotion and landing
• Make four professional speeches or toastmasters
• Take Online course
• Attend Networks Events
• Get a professional certificate
• Start new Side work

You may have received vacation cards with tucked messages inside that share the wonderful things your family or friends have done during the year. Write your “holiday message” a year ago by your personal goals.

Make a list of 3-5 things that will show your important personal achievements for the next year.

• Read a book for fun every month
• Learn to speak in a new language
• Take your child to Local library per month

• Training for your first 5K race
• Visit a national or governmental park
• A maximum for you 401 (K), angerOther retirement accounts

Manage your free time to do what matters

When you specify things that range from 6 to 10 important important things-your priority list-you can now know how to find additional time to achieve them.

Once you set your priorities, select the steps you need to achieve each goal.

So as not to leave anything or any important person, Laura suggests that your layout involves a priority of three-category-functional, relationships and self.

Every week, write down the steps you will take to work towards your goals in each of the three areas.

Then, consider blocking time when adding it to the weekly calendar before anything you want to do.

In the afternoon on Friday, it is a great period of planning the following week.

It is still according to Laura, it really doesn't matter when you do it – as long as you are following, focusing on your priorities, and taking steps every week to achieve them.

“When we focus on what matters, we can build the lives that we want at the time we have. We do not build the lives we want by saving time. We build the lives we want, then the time saves himself.” Laura Vandalmam

I spent many hours thinking about personal and professional decisions, goals, and increasing positive habits. But I was not always successful in achieving some of the goals that I sought to achieve or the habits that I wanted to stick to in the long run.

In my daily routine, I get urgent tasks. But I did not use time blocks or schedule a fixed time to work on my decisions or goals. I was not given a time limit to pass social media without mercy or examine emails.

I like the idea of “writing” the story of my success and then working back to achieve this. It is called a backward design in my career, a very successful strategy when performing it properly.

Better productivity

We all need time periods Self -careCreativity, personal growth and relationships outside our professional goals and daily tasks.

Learning to scheduling time to work on the usual or daily goal will help you benefit better than the minutes in your days. And with effective scheduling, you will do that Improving your productivity.

The watches you spend on a difficult mission, larger projects, and simple daily routine tasks will become more efficient, and you will not have a problem in the inclusion of a number of your accomplishments at the end of next year.

Final ideas

2023 is the perfect time to give Laura ideas an attempt to better manage time management skills, to build stronger habits, to finish the project, and to adapt your smart goals because it does not make sense to continue doing something that you always have done if you are not working.

Think about some of the following questions and watch Laura video to help get more time in your day.

Are you struggling to achieve your goals?

Do you put everyone first?

How can you change your mind to take fun for yourself and achieve the things you really want to do?

What are the time techniques or tools that work for you will continue?

What can you do to protect your time?

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