Take
charge of your time| 1/3 sleep | 1/3 work | 1/3 recreation |
- Who is in charge of your sleep?
- Who is in charge of your free time?
Eliminate time wasters
Time wasters
- Things – take time to collect
- Confusion
- Narrow the choices
- Use systems
- Delegate
- Can’t say no - don’t make spur of the moment decisions
- Don’t know how to interrupt
- Dulling sensation – killing sensation kills time
- Television
- Using prime time for second rate tasks
- Untimeliness – pick a time when the other person is relaxed
- A perfectly clean house
- Worrying about ageing
- Staying up late
How to take charge of your time
- Plan
- Have a more full calendar – make appointments with yourself
- Count the cost of what you want to do
- Take charge of your space
- Be prepared
- Be precise
- Do chore in terms of time
- Enjoy something in terms of time eg food
- Preventive time saving
- Break the body set – hurry sickness
- Have something to show for your time – child “look what I did”
- Live for the present moment