| Every now and then there are moments when we need more than twenty four hours to accomplish all our things to do. In the majority of situations we find time to cope with urgent tasks, and every day we hear a number of complaints that there is no time to meet friends, or to visit the family, or even to allot a couple of hours to ourselves.
Is that familiar to you? Fancy you can slow down the time. It is possible if you know three not complicated suggestions listed below.
1. Do not postpone your duties.
Procrastination isn't only postponing all the tasks, sometimes it is just failure to prioritize when people persuade themselves that the small points they do are of great importance, but putt off those duties that are really need to be done. It occurs in case these duties are not very pleasant, or in case a person doesn't know what to begin with.
Remember that procrastination does not solve your problems, it may only make them worse. That's why it is logical to make a schedule of your urgent tasks in order of decreasing importance, and begin with the most essential duties. Don't postpone essential duties till late evening, it is just a psychological trick.
2. Complicated duties are to be carried out first.
In case you have two or more duties with same priority, begin with the most complicated task. It's human nature to put off the duties that seem complicated or not pleasant. It's unpractical both because you waste your time and because the longer you wait the more impracticable the duty would seem. That is why try to be honest to yourself, and start with complicated duties.
3. If it is possible multitask.
Take into consideration the words: if it is possible. For instance, the situation on the road needs your concentration, that is why don't try to settle your business troubles on the telephone when driving. It's a good idea to combine mental tasks with mechanical ones. If you need to water the flowers or to do the dishes, you may begin with these tasks whilst talking on the telephone. But be sure that your efforts to multitask don't slow down your activity.
Try these recommendations on practice, and you will save lots of time. But keep in mind that no strategy will work if you waste time on nonproductive activity. Sometimes we tell ourselves that we'll take some rest just for a minute but then we find it even more difficult to concentrate on our obligations. There is a famous proverb: business before pleasure. |
