My “time” thought for today.
You know how you get those moments in life where you simply, DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME? That phase in your life where despite your 17-20 hour day, you just can’t cope…
Well I am having that time now - I’ve even started hoisting the white flag…
Up to know I thought I was the queen of efficiency and time management (my sister is probably laughing now). Generally I like DOING things NOW! Unfortunately with things that I don’t do well (like admin and finance) I PROCRASTINATE. (An evil word deserves capital letters.)
Doing something you can do immediately should not be postponed. Procrastination is BAD, it makes a person feel overwhelmed and overworked without really good reason.
I once attended a Claire Collier “Profile of a Championâ€? course, which is a life skills programme for personal development, empowerment and leadership. In combating procrastination, Claire has an effective solution – LEARN THE POWER OF TEN MINUTES. What can you really do in ten minutes? (Instead of waiting for the clock to strike five) Do filing, create a task list, get back to that client , request those quotes, follow up sales calls… and the list goes on. All these items are things we do everyday and that have to get done – yet we postpone something that can take as little as ten minutes. Ten minutes is truly a deceptive duration.
Procrastination and postponing has a nasty way of getting out of control as the work keeps heaping up.
My advice: Use your time effectively and don’t postpone till tomorrow – tomorrow already holds new tasks and challenges that will need your time. Challenge yourself and see how much you can accomplish TODAY.
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20/06/2007 at 1:49 pm
I presume it takes about ten minutes to write a post?
Time to start that blog post then…
20/06/2007 at 3:34 pm
Sarcasm - I love it (not enought to put me off though)
Correct, it takes 10 minutes a day to blog (but this is only if you suffer from insomnia and seldom/never sleep, then you can pre-plan you blog posts!)
20/06/2007 at 8:16 pm
or you can machine gun them out it rapid succession if you are so inclined.
is that not true Mr blog maniac van niekerk?
21/06/2007 at 9:09 am
Absolutely right, Imel! Although even I start to neglect blogging when I get really busy.
Personally I think this extreme time management sucks a bit; there’s only so much one can do in a day. There’s no point in overstressing and working yourself to death. When I get like that I just say “stuff all” and go drink a beer. Feel much better afterwards!
21/06/2007 at 3:05 pm
Mr Blog Maniac is missing the Dinner - Joomla was more important! Feisty is sulking!
22/06/2007 at 10:56 am
My ride didn’t come through and then got some urgent work so ended up missing Joomla Day in Cape Town. Oh well, will see what I can do next time after the Summer of Code is done - time is not on my side either it seems at the moment.
And yeah, like I’m actually one to talk about bad time management and being busy, haha!