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3 Ways You Sabotage Your Own Time Management Efforts
When you start making positive changes to
better balance your life, you may become overzealous in an
attempt to “fix” everything at once. However, doing so can
end up causing more stress and magnifying the problem.
Below are three common ways you might sabotage your own efforts
at better time management, and how to avoid them:
Expecting
too much from others.
Just
because you feel a great need to make changes in your life
doesn’t mean everyone
else feels the same way! Remember that your life overlaps
with the lives of the people around you. If you try placing
unreasonable
demands and pressure tactics on them, you’ll probably end
up causing more problems. That doesn’t mean you can’t ask
for
help and work together to satisfy everyone, but your approach
in seeking cooperation will be important. Rather than making unrealistic demands or expecting perfection
from the people in your life, try first explaining why you
are unhappy with the way things are now. Give a clear view
of the way you’d like things to be, and highlight the changes
they would have to make in order to make it work. Then, be
forthright in asking if they are willing to do it. For example,
if your spouse is not in the habit of helping out around the
house, ask if he or she would be willing to take on a few very
specific chores (spell out what they would be) and how doing
so would help you. If he or she agrees, confirm that such and
such tasks are now his/hers, and confirm that he or she is
going to do them from now on. Don’t be surprised if you have
to issue a few gentle reminders before the new habits kick
in for good – but try not to get upset or frustrated about
it. That will only cause more resistance.
Demanding
too much from yourself.
Just
like you don’t want to place undue stress and expectations
upon others, you also
don’t want to do it to yourself. Wanting to make changes
in your habits and goals is a good thing; but expecting everything
to change as if by magic overnight is not! Instead, vow to take it one day at a time and be gentle with
yourself. Each day when you wake up, promise that you’re going
to give your best effort to keep your activities running smoothly
and on-time, but if events don’t go as planned you will simply
dust yourself off and start again. At all costs, avoid berating
or scolding yourself because you aren’t “perfect” at managing
the events and activities of your life. You’ll never be perfect
at it – and neither is anyone else!
Unrealistic
idea of what a balanced life really is.
You
may be interested in learning time management techniques
because
you dream of a completely serene, peaceful life where no
upheavals occur . . . ever. Unfortunately, such a dream is
unlikely to
become reality. Perhaps it could if you moved to a secluded
island and lived like a hermit in your rustic cabin on the
beach. But you’ve got a full life that inevitably comes with
the need to juggle and prioritize constantly. Rather than wishing for the impossible, remember that time
management is an ongoing process of planning, preparation and
readjustment. There will never be a time when you get it perfect.
Instead look at it as an ever evolving process of growth and
mastery. Over time you’ll find yourself getting better and
stronger at time management, and it will seem like less effort
is needed to keep everything balanced.
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: 2009
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