Time Management Self Improvement

Your kids want to play a game of hide and seek. Your spouse wants to grab a coffee and reconnect. You would love to enjoy this time with your loved ones, but you have things to do, responsibilities to attend to. How often do you pass up these moments because you are too preoccupied with life? What if you realized all these little moments ARE life? Years from now you won’t remember that phone call you ‘had’ to make or how clean your house is. Spending ten quality minutes with your kids might not seem like a big deal to you, but it can make a world of difference to your children. Do you feel so rushed through your day that you are missing out on what really matters? What would need to change in your life in order to plug in some more quality time? Do you need to reprioritize how you spend your time? Do you need to ask for help or delegate some tasks? Try putting things in perspective. When you reach the end of your life, what exactly do you want to be remembered for…what fond memories do you wish to recount? Spend some time this week on creating a plan that works for you.

ACTION STEPS FOR THE WEEK:

1. Why do you feel overwhelmed?

What is going on in your life that is making you feel so overwhelmed and spent by the end of the day? Take some time to look at all of your current obligations and tasks throughout the week. Detail which responsibilities you are willing to let go of in order to make room for the things you DO want. If your plate is full how are you possibly going to enjoy the little moments without feeling pulled in a million directions. This week prioritize what really matters.

2. Make a list

Create a master list of everything you want to enjoy more of in your life. What activities would you like to experience with your children. What would be your ‘ideal’ day? How can you begin creating that. Putting your thoughts on paper begins the process of creating it.

3. Ask for help

If you are so overwhelmed that you can’t enjoy a game of chutes and ladders with your kids, you may need to make some changes. There is only so much time in a day and you only possess a limited amount of energy to get everything accomplished. Ask for what you need! Do you need help around the home? Do you need to purchase prepared meals for the family? Do you need to hire a babysitter for a couple of hours a week? Do what works for you and your family.

Have a great week!

Leslie

Leslie Gail is a Certified Life Coach who supports busy people in achieving personal and professional success without compromising their values. Leslie conducts seminars, hosts a tv segment and is on a panel of experts for KOSI 101.1 radio station. Contact Leslie today to create a new blueprint for your life. http://newlifefocus.com/

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Have you ever had a day where you felt like you were in constant motion and yet got next to nothing accomplished?

How about a week like that?

How about a month like that?

How about a year like that?

How about a career like that?

How about a lifetime like that?

I think you get the point.

Motion or Progress

It’s so easy to get caught up in what has been called “the tyranny of the urgent” that we get little done.

There are so many little things that come up, appear as if they are urgent, and we then respond as if they really are urgent, and are day gets consumed.

Stephen Covey, author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” offers four types of “things to do” in our lives. There is

the urgent but not important

the urgent and important

the not urgent but important

the not urgent and not important.

His point, for our purposes, is that most of us spend our time on the urgent but not important, when we should be spending our time on things that are important but not urgent.

Thus the tyranny of the urgent.

Want to get the most accomplished in your day, week, month, year, career, and life? Focus on those things that are important but not urgent.

In the final analysis, time management is really life management.

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