| With our unrelenting focus on work and getting the bills | | | | and use it to dictate ideas while you drive. It won't |
| paid we can easily lose sight of the things that really | | | | save you time but it will make you feel like it's time not |
| matter in life. In a survey of terminally ill patients none | | | | wasted. |
| of them wished they'd spent more time working and all | | | | In the work place develop a system to deal with the |
| of them regretted not spending enough time on their | | | | mountain of paper work. Categorize and separate the |
| kids and partners. Here are some winning strategies | | | | documents into different easy to access folders. Start |
| that will help you free up time for the important things | | | | your day by putting notes on each document that |
| in life and still stay on top at work. | | | | direct you quickly into taking the action necessary to |
| Leave work on time. Commit to getting out the door | | | | deal with them in an efficient manner. |
| on the dot. Choose one day a week to start with and | | | | With email set yourself an allotted time one hour after |
| then build on that success. You need to be assertive | | | | you start your day and limit yourself to logging on only |
| about this. Reduce meeting times by scheduling them | | | | 4 times during the day. Reply once to multiple mails. |
| into half our slots instead of 45 minutes. When you | | | | Finally don't reply to mail after dinner, this is your family |
| establish the time frame you will find the same amount | | | | time. |
| gets accomplished anyway. | | | | Choose the two most important things that need to be |
| Set yourself a timetable for the drudge work. Having a | | | | accomplished that day and do them. Once these have |
| fixed time for house work pays dividends by giving | | | | been dealt with then you can move on to the next |
| focus and routine that creates a more efficient | | | | task. This will remove any feelings of being |
| outcome and frees up heap of time for the important | | | | overwhelmed and increase your efficiency. |
| stuff. If you can, hire a cleaner. | | | | These simple actions will lead naturally to better time |
| Plan your weekends well. Do not use them for the | | | | management and also reduce stress which means |
| house hold chores or for work. Treat them as sacred | | | | when your family needs you you're going to be there |
| family time. | | | | for them in body and mind. |
| Use your commute time wisely. Get a voice recorder | | | | |