Comments on: Time Management – the REAL reason you don’t have enough time http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/ Design Life and Business on your own terms. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Ali Davies Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:17:51 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-376 Hi Claire, planning is so important to success. Good luck with yours while your little one is changing. Do let me know how the timetble goes for you. Thanks for dropping by. Hi Claire, planning is so important to success. Good luck with yours while your little one is changing. Do let me know how the timetble goes for you. Thanks for dropping by.

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Ali Davies Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:17:51 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-337 Hi Claire, planning is so important to success. Good luck with yours while your little one is changing. Do let me know how the timetble goes for you. Thanks for dropping by. Hi Claire, planning is so important to success. Good luck with yours while your little one is changing. Do let me know how the timetble goes for you. Thanks for dropping by.

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Ali Davies Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:01:07 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-336 Hi Claire, planning is so important to success. Good luck with yours while your little one is changing. Do let me know how the timetble goes for you. Thanks for dropping by. Hi Claire, planning is so important to success. Good luck with yours while your little one is changing. Do let me know how the timetble goes for you. Thanks for dropping by.

]]> By: cheshiremum http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-335 cheshiremum Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:34:52 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-335 I am going to give the timetable a go - I keep my Monday morning's free to make a plan and prioritise but Baby G is still very little, 8.5mths and her morning nap time is getting shorter so I know I need to make a better childcare plan. Not sure whether we are brave enough for both Mr L and I to go self-employed til next year! I am going to give the timetable a go – I keep my Monday morning's free to make a plan and prioritise but Baby G is still very little, 8.5mths and her morning nap time is getting shorter so I know I need to make a better childcare plan. Not sure whether we are brave enough for both Mr L and I to go self-employed til next year!

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Ali Davies Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:13:50 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-326 Julie, your comment about being a work in progress is so important. We are all a work in progress and it is important to remember this and not to fall into the trap of beating ourselves up if we (or things) are less than ideal. Julie, your comment about being a work in progress is so important. We are all a work in progress and it is important to remember this and not to fall into the trap of beating ourselves up if we (or things) are less than ideal.

]]> By: juliewalraven http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-325 juliewalraven Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:06:35 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-325 Actually, Ali, I do use Outlook which works like that and I do use it for appointments and clients but I don't schedule in "my time" or really even writing time. I do love my work though and it is so multi-faceted, writing posts, other writing assignments, and then of course client projects. I have been playing the yard much lately between rain storms, though that is most likely on weekends. The reason I dropped the non-profit contracts like Wausau Whitewater was the lack of time. <br><br>You are probably right that I am way overscheduling and should transfer out items for the future... prioritize the urgencies and Importants, but at the time I write the lists, it always seems more doable... Thanks for the thoughts... I am a work in progress. Actually, Ali, I do use Outlook which works like that and I do use it for appointments and clients but I don't schedule in “my time” or really even writing time. I do love my work though and it is so multi-faceted, writing posts, other writing assignments, and then of course client projects. I have been playing the yard much lately between rain storms, though that is most likely on weekends. The reason I dropped the non-profit contracts like Wausau Whitewater was the lack of time.

You are probably right that I am way overscheduling and should transfer out items for the future… prioritize the urgencies and Importants, but at the time I write the lists, it always seems more doable… Thanks for the thoughts… I am a work in progress.

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Ali Davies Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:06:41 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-324 Wow Julie, that is a lot of hours every day. Have you tried the school timetable experiment mentioned in the post? Really helps with what you are talking about here. Also, setting how many hours you would ideally like to work a day and a date you would like to achieve that by would help focus the mind on making that happen. <br>Sounds like the fear you mentioned is driving your working hours. Something that might be helpful is rather than just having a long list, is schedule them into your diary like appointments on set days. That way, you won't be fearful it will be forgotten and it will reduce the daily overload. <br>Appreciate you sharing your situation here. Hope you are able to reduce your hours soon. Wow Julie, that is a lot of hours every day. Have you tried the school timetable experiment mentioned in the post? Really helps with what you are talking about here. Also, setting how many hours you would ideally like to work a day and a date you would like to achieve that by would help focus the mind on making that happen.
Sounds like the fear you mentioned is driving your working hours. Something that might be helpful is rather than just having a long list, is schedule them into your diary like appointments on set days. That way, you won't be fearful it will be forgotten and it will reduce the daily overload.
Appreciate you sharing your situation here. Hope you are able to reduce your hours soon.

]]> By: juliewalraven http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-323 juliewalraven Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:35:59 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-323 Thanks for the post, Ali and for your commentors comments... I am working on scheduling in downtime now. Since I often work 15 - 17 hour days, I am now telling people who are friends just to give me notice and I will schedule a visit or lunch in. I can write anytime for the remote projects and there are more of those every day. I don't know that I overschedule as much as I overwrite my list. Fear of forgetting something makes me list much more than I can possibly do in a day even if I never leave here. I'll think on it... Thanks for the post, Ali and for your commentors comments… I am working on scheduling in downtime now. Since I often work 15 – 17 hour days, I am now telling people who are friends just to give me notice and I will schedule a visit or lunch in. I can write anytime for the remote projects and there are more of those every day. I don't know that I overschedule as much as I overwrite my list. Fear of forgetting something makes me list much more than I can possibly do in a day even if I never leave here. I'll think on it…

]]> By: Ali Davies http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Ali Davies Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:33:42 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-322 Hi Lisa, it is great that you made that realisation. Awareness is the first step to makiing change. The approach you are taking is more likely to lead to greater productivity and less feelings of being frazzled. Hope yuor new approach goes well for you. Hi Lisa, it is great that you made that realisation. Awareness is the first step to makiing change. The approach you are taking is more likely to lead to greater productivity and less feelings of being frazzled. Hope yuor new approach goes well for you.

]]> By: Lisasam http://alidavies.com/time-management-not-enough-time/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Lisasam Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:49:35 +0000 http://alidavies.com/?p=834#comment-321 I have realized recently that I often create a work list that is impossible to complete in the allotted time and then I push myself and am disappointed when I don't complete it or frazzles when I do. I am working on easing back my lists and creating more time to focus on each task. <br>Lisa<br><a href="http://www.singleparentsavings.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">www.singleparentsavings.wordpress.com</a> I have realized recently that I often create a work list that is impossible to complete in the allotted time and then I push myself and am disappointed when I don't complete it or frazzles when I do. I am working on easing back my lists and creating more time to focus on each task.
Lisa
http://www.singleparentsavings.wordpress.com

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