Time management is something that most people feel they can do better at. Whether you’re thinking about personal life tasks like chores around the home or managing your time better at work so you can meet deadlines, we’ve compiled a list of tips for better time management to help you out! Take a look at what our advisors had to say about creating better time management habits.
Writing all of the things you need to do out in a list can help you create a plan of attack for accomplishing your goals. Being able to see a physical list of your ‘to-do’ items and crossing them off as you go can help you stay motivated too. Whether you prefer pen and paper or typing them out, writing a list is a great starting point for time management.
“I know I struggle with time management when I don’t have a list because I’ll remember in the middle of one task that there was something else I was supposed to do,” says Den Montero, Marketing Director of Moeflavor. “Now, not only am I disorganized, but I’m behind on a deadline too. Keeping a ‘to-do’ list of things to get done can be super helpful both around the house and at work.”
Learning how to prioritize tasks (using that to-do list you just wrote) can help you manage your time wisely. As mentioned above, it’s easy to get distracted with one task that needs to be done even if it’s not the most pressing item on the list. Prioritizing your tasks can help with time management and efficiency in your personal and work life.
“Prioritizing tasks can seem like a chore but it can be much more efficient,” says Chris Gadek, Head of Growth at AdQuick. “Even if your task is to go grocery shopping, prioritizing items on your list in the order you’d encounter them in the store can help you save time as you’re shopping. You can apply this strategy to running errands to save you time and fuel or to your work projects to make sure you’re meeting deadlines in the most efficient way possible.”
While you may be great at creating a schedule for your work life, personal life can often be a bit less organized. Creating a schedule to accomplish things in a certain period of time can help you practice better time management skills at home too.
“It will seem weird at first, but I found it really helpful to schedule specific chore times into my weekly planner,” says Brianna Bitton, Co-Founder of O POSITIV. “Not only does this help me remember to do them, but it also sets a time goal on the chore as well. If I know that’s the only time this week that I’ve …….
