For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Showing posts with label Time management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Time management. Show all posts
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Taming the Pace of Our Time Management
By Rashun Jones
Many of us start our day by cramming everything we can on our to do list. Then we run around at a frantic pace trying to get everything done on our list. Does this sound familiar to you?
Spending your day running at a frantic pace can hurt you. A frantic pace can raise your blood pressure, cause you to eat unhealthy foods and make you feel overwhelmed or just stressed out.
Feeling stressed can cause you to experience physical pain like headaches or you may even feel irritable and lash out at your friends and family. If you want to turn this around and feel healthier. Start today with these tips to make time work for you.
1. Treat time like money. You don't throw money away, why would you give away your time? Learn how to prioritize. Tell yourself I won't add another thing to my schedule. "If I want to do this, I'll have to give up something else." Don't spend time you don't have.
2. Sit down and prioritize. I believe one of the most important aspects of time management is knowing what is important to you. This will help you eliminate areas from your life that you are spending time on that you shouldn't be. Ask yourself, Is this how I want to spend my time?" If the answer is no, reprioritize.
Set time priorities that will move you closer to your values, your goals and things you enjoy in life.
3. Learn to say "NO" Practice saying this word with a smile on your face. This re-enforces the fact that you do have choices-exercise your power to choose.
You choose when and where you spend your time and resources.
4. Schedule time for joy. List the things that you find enjoyful...getting to the gym, writing in your journal or window shopping. When you cancel an appointment or an appointment gets re-scheduled, instead of filling that time with more work, how about a compromise? Spend half of the time working and the other half doing a joyful activity.
5. Slow down. At first you may feel uncomfortable adjusting to the slower pace of living. That's because you may actually be addicted to the speed of your current life. You need time to withdraw from the frantic, mindless frenzy. Force yourself to do something slowly. I spend time chopping up vegetables. I enjoy every slow minute of vegetable chopping, storing them and eating them later as a nutritional snack. Sit down and take time to enjoy the moment.
Sometimes we allow our selves to become out of balance because we like it when people say, "Boy, She sure is dynamite. Look how busy she is." Many people say I'm just a poor time manager as if it's ingrained in their DNA. The truth of the matter is anyone can be a good time manager if they choose to be.
Many of us start our day by cramming everything we can on our to do list. Then we run around at a frantic pace trying to get everything done on our list. Does this sound familiar to you?
Spending your day running at a frantic pace can hurt you. A frantic pace can raise your blood pressure, cause you to eat unhealthy foods and make you feel overwhelmed or just stressed out.
Feeling stressed can cause you to experience physical pain like headaches or you may even feel irritable and lash out at your friends and family. If you want to turn this around and feel healthier. Start today with these tips to make time work for you.
1. Treat time like money. You don't throw money away, why would you give away your time? Learn how to prioritize. Tell yourself I won't add another thing to my schedule. "If I want to do this, I'll have to give up something else." Don't spend time you don't have.
2. Sit down and prioritize. I believe one of the most important aspects of time management is knowing what is important to you. This will help you eliminate areas from your life that you are spending time on that you shouldn't be. Ask yourself, Is this how I want to spend my time?" If the answer is no, reprioritize.
Set time priorities that will move you closer to your values, your goals and things you enjoy in life.
3. Learn to say "NO" Practice saying this word with a smile on your face. This re-enforces the fact that you do have choices-exercise your power to choose.
You choose when and where you spend your time and resources.
4. Schedule time for joy. List the things that you find enjoyful...getting to the gym, writing in your journal or window shopping. When you cancel an appointment or an appointment gets re-scheduled, instead of filling that time with more work, how about a compromise? Spend half of the time working and the other half doing a joyful activity.
5. Slow down. At first you may feel uncomfortable adjusting to the slower pace of living. That's because you may actually be addicted to the speed of your current life. You need time to withdraw from the frantic, mindless frenzy. Force yourself to do something slowly. I spend time chopping up vegetables. I enjoy every slow minute of vegetable chopping, storing them and eating them later as a nutritional snack. Sit down and take time to enjoy the moment.
Sometimes we allow our selves to become out of balance because we like it when people say, "Boy, She sure is dynamite. Look how busy she is." Many people say I'm just a poor time manager as if it's ingrained in their DNA. The truth of the matter is anyone can be a good time manager if they choose to be.
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