| Now and then there are moments when we need more than twenty four hours to accomplish all our duties. In the majority of cases we find time to accomplish just urgent tasks, and every day we hear a certain number of complaints that there is no time to meet close friends, or to visit relatives, or even to allot a couple of hours to ourselves.
Is that familiar to you? Fancy you are able to slow down the time. It is possible if you know 3 not complicated recommendations listed below.
1. Do not postpone your duties.
Procrastination isn't only postponing all the tasks, sometimes it is just failure to give priority when people convince themselves that the triffles they do are very important, but postpone those tasks that are really need to be done. It occurs if these duties aren't very pleasant, or when a person does not know where to start.
Keep in mind that procrastination doesn't solve your problems, it may only make them worse. That is why it is logical to make a schedule of your urgent duties in order of decreasing importance, and start with the most essential tasks. Don't put off important tasks till late evening, it is just a psychological trick.
2. Difficult things to do are to be accomplished first.
In case you have several tasks with same priority, start with the most complicated task. It is human nature to postpone the duties that seem difficult or not pleasant. It's unpractical both because you waste your time and because the longer you postpone the more unrealizable the task would seem. So be honest to yourself, and begin with difficult duties.
3. If it's possible multitask.
Take into account the words: if it is possible. For instance, the situation on the road needs your concentration, that's why don't try to settle your business problems on the phone when driving. It's a good idea to combine mental duties with mechanical ones. When you need to water the flowers or to do the dishes, you may begin with these tasks whilst talking on the phone. But make sure that your efforts to multitask don't slow down your activity.
Try these suggestions on practice, and you'll save a lot of time. But nevertheless, take into consideration that no strategy will work if you waste time on unproductive things. 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. |