The real problem with free time is how to prevent others from using you. Are there a hundred different things you want to do in your life one day from exercise to meditation or yoga to writing a novel that you always wish to write for reading more to relax and watch the sunrise? But maybe you do not have time, like most people. Break the meetings. This is not possible for everyone, but in the meetings of my experience it takes a lot of time to get a little information, or to make easy decisions that can be made by email or phone. As much as you can, reduced the number of meetings you hold and attend. In some cases, this may mean talking to your boss and telling her you have other priorities, and asking for your removal. In other cases, this may mean asking people who make the meeting if you can access the information in other ways. If so, you save yourself one hour per meeting (sometimes more).
Do not feel like you need to do everything yourself. If necessary, spend
some time training the person you assign the task to, but little time
spent on training will pay off in a lot of the time that is provided
later. Delegation allows you to focus on the core tasks and projects you
should focus on. What is in your workplace that distracts you from the
task at hand? Sometimes visual messes or scattered papers invite you to
your interest, work, email correspondence or instant messages on your
computer that appear at the wrong time, phone or co-workers. See if you
can get rid of as many of these things as possible, the more you can
focus, the more effective you are and the less time you lose. This is
equal to the time saved for good things.
Consolidation.
There are many things you do, scattered throughout your day or week,
which you may be able to unify in order to save time. A good example is
the gear rather than running one or two a day and doing them all in one
day to save time and gas. Another example is e-mail, or any kind of
process of sending emails rather than checking, reading, and responding
throughout the day. Same with meetings, papers, anything you do
regularly. De-clutter your schedule. If you have a very crowded schedule, full of meetings, assignments, tasks, projects and appointments, the go-go will want to get rid of them so that they are not packed. Look for things that are not very necessary and cancel them. Postponing other things. Leave large blank spaces in your schedule. Rethink your routine. We often stumble into routine, and this is something we really want to be our days. Is there a better way to do things? The creator of your life makes you a new, fun, more perfect, and more complete routine with the things you love.
Do you always want it? How will you get to where you always wanted to be? What do you enjoy, but do not have enough time to do it? What things actually fill your day? Are there things you can drop or minimize to allow more time? We look at some of these things in the following elements, but they start with taking some time to think and plan. Find your necessities. What do you like to do? Make a short list of 4-5 things. These are the things you want to make room for. Disconnect. The biggest distraction, for most people, is the Internet. My most productive times when I'm disconnected from the network. Now, I'm not saying you need to separate all the time, but if you really want to be able to accomplish tasks effectively, then disconnect your Internet connection so you can focus already. Set certain times of day to connect, and connect only through those periods. If you can not delegate, check whether you can outsource. Using the Internet, we can communicate with people from all over the world. I have outsourced many things, from small tasks to checking email to legal work to design, edit work and much more.
This allows me to focus on the things I prefer, the things I like to do, and save me a lot of time. You'll want to minimize these wasted times to make room for the most important things, the things that make you happy and love to do. Schedule time. When you sit and think about your life and what you want to do, compared to what you already do, you will look for ways to free time. It is important to take a blank weekly schedule (you can just type it on a piece of paper, or use your calendar) and assign blocks to the things you love in your list of basics. Put blocks of time on your table, and make these blocks the most important appointments in your week.
Shrink email. I mentioned the email at the previous point above, regarding consolidation, but a large part of the life of most people deserves special attention. How often do you check email? How much time do you spend in composing emails? If you spend a large part of your day on email, as many people do (as I did once), you can free up a lot of time by reducing the time you spend in email. Now, this feature will not work for everyone, but it can work with many people: Choose from two to three times a day to process your inbox to empty it, and keep your answers in 5 sentences. Take advantage of the morning. I find that morning is the best absolute time to schedule the things I really want to do. I run and read and write in the morning three of the four things in the list of basics (spending time with family is the other thing on the list). The morning is wonderful because your day was not filled with a set of unplanned and required tasks at the last minute which will pay these basics. For example, if you set an afternoon, by late afternoon, you may have more than 10 more recently added to your task list, which you can postpone in the late afternoon. Instead, set a schedule for the morning, and is rarely returned (if never) again. Golden right after work. Unlike the morning, I find time after work to have a wonderful time to do basic things. Exercise, for example, is great at five o'clock, like spending time with family, or doing anything else comfortable.
The truth is that we all have the same amount of time and limited
demand. But some of us have devoted time to doing the things we love to
do, and others have allowed the demands, pressures, and continuing
responsibilities of life to dictate their days.Do you have the
biggest rock first. Of the three most important tasks you choose for
this day, choose the largest, or most frightening thing, and do it
first. Otherwise you put it as far as possible and pack your day with
less important things. Do not allow yourself to check your email until
Big Rock is taken care of. Your day starts with a feeling of great accomplishment, leaving you plenty of free time the rest of the day,
because the most important thing has already been done. delegate. If
you have subordinates or co-workers who can do a job or project, try
delegating it. It's time to move from the second set to the first.
Reclaim your time. You can create the life you want and make the most of
your free time. It is not difficult, although it requires little effort
and diligence. Not all of this will apply to your life. Choose which
options you can apply and try.
Your evenings. The time before
going to sleep is also golden, as it exists every day and usually you
will be quite on schedule. What do you want to do at this time? Read?
Spend some time with your kids? Work on a hobby you're passionate about?
Take advantage of this time. If the three golden times above do not
work for you, a lunch break is another good opportunity to schedule
things. Some people like to exercise or have a quiet time during lunch
breaks. Take some time. Editing your time starts by turning back
to take a closer look at your life. You need to withhold at least an
hour. Several hours or half a day is better. It will be a wonderful full
day. The weekend will be more perfect, but it is not necessary for many
people. With this set of time, you can take a look at your life from a
perspective. Search for time wasted. What do you spend a lot of your
time on that is not in your core list? Take a closer look at these
things and consider whether they are necessary, or if there are ways to
reduce, reduce, or eliminate these things. Sometimes you do things
because you assume they are necessary, but if you give them some
thought, you can find ways to drop them out of your life. Find out what
you're doing simply to waste time, maybe browse certain sites, watch TV,
talk a lot in the water cooler.
