5 TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS

It's time to be HONEST about how you’re *actually* using your time, so that you can fill it intentionally with what matters most.

Tip 1: TIME BLOCKING

This might mean having actual times outlined (10-12 pm, 1-4 pm, etc), or it might be a more general “morning block.”

Create chunks or “blocks” of time dedicated to specific categories or individual tasks on your list.

TIP 2: TASK BATCHING

Group like tasks together for completion in the same period of time.

Example:  Handle a chunk of emails at once instead of refreshing your inbox and answering one email every 15 minutes. Make multiple phone calls in the same block instead of randomly throughout the morning.

TIP 3: CERTAIN DAYS FOR CERTAIN THINGS

Example: Friday is laundry day – it’s also Target run day, grocery day, etc. Instead of wasting pockets of time on random errands throughout the week, anything that can be saved until Friday waits until then and happens all at once while we’re out.

TIP 4: SET BOUNDARIES!

Ever notice how much MORE you seem to get done when you’re operating on a really short timeframe?

Got an hour before you have to pick up a kid? Watch you prep dinner, switch laundry loads, send three emails AND grab a snack. Nowhere to be all day? …watch you get the same amount done.

TIP 5: SET BOUNDARIES!

(+ KEEP THEM!)

If you don’t hold boundaries around your time, anything + everything else WILL find a way to get on your schedule – at the expense of what you might’ve (or should’ve) had there instead.

All the time blocking and task batching in the world won’t help you if every single iPhone ping can interrupt your flow. Boundaries may just be one of the biggest keys to time management success

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