| Sometimes there are moments when we require more than twenty four hours to cope with all our tasks. In the majority of cases we have time to meet just urgent engagements, and quite often we hear complaints that there is no time to meet close friends, or to visit relatives, or even to dedicate a couple of hours to ourselves.
Does that sound familiar to you? Imagine that you can slow down the time. It is possible if you know 3 simple recommendations listed below.
1. Don't postpone your tasks.
Procrastination isn't only putting off all the things to do, sometimes it's just failure to prioritize when people convince themselves that the small things they do are very important, but putt off those duties that are really require to be done. It happens 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. In this way it is reasonable to make a schedule of your urgent tasks in order of decreasing importance, and start with the most essential tasks. Do not put off essential duties till late evening, it's just a psychological trick.
2. Complicated things to do are to be accomplished first.
In case you have several tasks with similar priority, start with the most complicated duty. It is human nature to procrastinate the duties that seem difficult or not pleasant. It's unpractical both because you waste your time and because the longer you put off the more impracticable the task would seem. That's why be honest to yourself, and begin with complicated tasks.
3. If it is possible do a number of tasks at once.
Pay attention to the words: if it is possible. For example, the situation on the road needs your concentration, that's why do not try to solve your business troubles on the phone when driving. It's a good idea to combine mental duties with mechanical ones. If you need to water the flowers or to do the dishes, you may begin with these duties whilst talking on the phone. But be sure that your efforts to multitask don't slow down your activity.
Try these recommendations on practice, and you'll save lots of time. But nevertheless, take into account that no strategy will work if you waste time on nonproductive things. Every now and then we tell ourselves that we will look aside just for a minute but then we find it even more difficult to concentrate on our obligations. A famous proverb says: business before pleasure. |
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