time management

There is a saying “time is very precious, don’t waste it in vain…the time which has passed never comes again…and the people who waste time regret all their Life.” There is also a saying that if you spend your time in the right direction and at the right time then you can achieve your goal which comes in a return of your invested time. So let’s start without losing any time. 1. Importance of time management It helps you to achieve your goal Many people carry big and heavy burden and most of them fail to achieve their goals, but you can achieve your goal by managing your time effectively. More time for day to day work If you learn how to manage time then you will have enough time to do any work. Increase productivity If you complete your day to day work on time then you get enough time for yourself and in that time you can learn new skills or you can do something which you like to do and which increases your productivity. Less stress Let’s understand this with the help of an example… If you work in a company and you have to provide a monthly sales report to your boss at the end of the day and if you start your work late then you will have to give extra time to complete the work or you can keep the work pending for the next day which will create unnecessary stress for you. To avoid this stress you will need better time management. 2. Why is 24 hours time not sufficient for some people? They don’t have fix time schedule Many students don’t follow a fixed time schedule for their studies and due to this sometimes they don’t even complete their homework and they also get difficulties for their self studies. They didn’t have list of priorities of work If you don’t arrange your work according to their difficulties then you will face difficulty while completing the work. Multitasking a lot Focus has a major role in time management, for example if you have doing your office work and at the same time you are listening music or watching tv or if you are a student and you are studying and listening music at the same time then you cannot focus on one thing due to this you will get difficulties in understanding and as a result you waste your time. Easily getting distracted People who easily get distracted cannot do their work on time. These types of people are called BUSY DOING NOTHING (BDN). These people always check messages on social media. As a result they waste their time totally. 3. How to avoid time wastage Identify your time wasters Make a to­do list Avoid internet surfing without any reason Avoid gossiping during working hours Remove all the time waster from your life To avoid wasting your time you should have knowledge to identify the time wasters around you. We have to identify/observe those things which are the cause of time wasting. Common time wasters: Constantly checking social media Social media helps in increasing the brand awareness but this can be the main and big cause of your time wasting, as an example..You always scroll your Facebook feeds while doing some work, you check your chats and the upload pictures and you check time to time for the likes and comments in these process your lot of time gets waste. Multitasking If you think that you can save your time by multitasking then you are wrong, you can focus on a single task at a given time. If you are watching tv while studying then there are more possibilities that you will not learn anything and you can’t memory anything because at that time your focus can be on tv or on studies and normally tv creates lots of disturbances which will not allow you to focus you on your studies and by this you are going to waste your time. Unnecessary meetings According to the effectivemeeing.com, meetings are done on the daily basis in some organisations but some of them have useful purposes and some of them are just purposeless or meeting can be unproductive and wastes your time. Procrastination Besides of doing your work you keep on postponing your work or keep on delaying your work and when deadline arrives then you become stressed, in this not only your time gets wasted but also it affects your mental health. Interruptions Many times when you are involved in some important work and some uninvited people disturb you then you should know these are the time wasters for you. Unimportant work Non­urgent work Gossiping Doing things manually Being messed and not being organised 4. Tips to avoid time wasters Make a to­do list Many people are confused regarding their work priorities, they don’t understand which work should be done first, that’s why to come out of this problem there is a way out, you should make a to­do list at the start of the day and plan accordingly. Decide meeting time Many people give their time for meeting rather than doing work which is totally wrong, you have to fix your time for meetings so that you can do your work more and more. Do not focus of multi­tasking If you are studying then you should focus on your studies at a time by this your concentration will increase and you learn more and more. Or if you are watching tv then you should watch only tv . Basically do single work at a time so that you can focus on that particular work. Learn to say no When you are doing your work then there are some people who want to talk to you. You should avoid gossiping, you should be ready to say no to those people. Reduce unnecessary uses of social media/internet/mobile phones When you are doing self study then at that time you should keep your phone on