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eLearning Series: Time Management
How Can I Manage My Time Better?
( 50 articles in this series )
Time
Management Tips
For Your Household & Family
Remember when your mom always told you to
stay organized and you would have more time? Of course you
do. How often have you misplaced something and thought if you
don’t find it you would fall apart? If you find yourself still
losing items it’s time to stop!
Stop putting yourself through useless hours of frustration
and emotional outburst. Get organized and stay that way. Look
how much easier life can be if you do. Your household
will run so much smoother, and everyone from husband to the smallest
tike in the house will not be waiting for misplaced items to
be found.
Look at some of these useful household tips to help your life
run much smoother and more efficiently.
Remember what mother said, and use
your common sense. Schedule
more time for things that you’re going to do around the house.
It doesn’t matter if it’s vacuuming; block more time out to
do it. If you hear yourself saying it shouldn’t take any more
time than a certain amount of time to do something then re-think
that statement. You know in your heart it often does, so learn
to deal with blocking time.
Once you’ve decided to do something, keep doing it until you’re
done. That doesn’t mean running your self into exhaustion.
Taking a break is permissible, but don’t get off on another
tangent until you complete what you’re doing. Complete it!
Use time by applying it to your advantage and use it proficiently.
For example, when you’re unexpectedly interrupted by a noisy
chatty neighbor, or a well meaning but lonely friend, it’s
okay to tell them you’re busy. Go ahead and continue to do
little things that take up the minutes of the day such as pick
up toys, clothes or whatever else you were doing when interrupted.
If they love you and care they understand.
Use
the house cleaning one-week principal. Give your home
a deep cleaning at least once a week. Getting the grime out
every week or two weeks will keep the kitchen sink from building
up with grime around the edges until you would have to sand
blast it to get it clean. This wastes time. It’s not healthy
either.
Keep
lots of lists. Don’t depend on remembering everything,
you can’t. By keeping you’re to-do list everyday, you won’t
have your phone cut off right in the middle of a very important
business call or more importantly an emergency. Keep your paper
work up daily; even if that means just straightening it back
into its organized pile.
If possible use the principle of lets
get it done in one stop idea. Instead of wasting time and going here or there everyday,
it is best to plan all outings to do at one time. For instance,
go to pay a bill, pay as many as possible, then stop by the
oil changing place, then before you go home, get groceries.
On average, and depending on if you live around a larger traffic
area, you’ll spend 15 minutes each way driving somewhere, that’s
a lot of time to be wasting everyday. It’s not fuel efficient
either.
Get
rid of junky clutter in your house and garage. Have you
heard people say that everyone has a junk drawer or a junk
area in their house or apartment? Do you have one? That’s doesn’t
need to be. If you’ve got junk, get rid of it. Let go of the
painting that hasn’t hung on the wall for twenty years, unless
of course it’s a family heirloom. If it doesn’t fit, get rid
of it. If it’s beyond repair take it to the garbage heap.
Take the time to buy or make your own proper
storage containers.
If you’re still cramped after cleaning out, consider saving
for a storage building, either rented or for your own yard.
Enlist
the help of others and encourage them to help you rid
of the clutter. You might have to do some real cajoling for
the younger members of the family, that still want to keep
a broken toy. Be persistent, but gentle with them. Ask them
to donate used but well kept toys and clothing.
Prioritizing every day is what really needs to be done. If
the clutter bothers you excessively or is not healthy then
get rid of it.
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