Many people struggle with time management. They find it difficult to prioritize and maintain ongoing structure in their lives.
It can be especially difficult now, as families compete for space and time. We are trying to do our job, teach and entertain our children and support one another — all from one shared location.
As an Executive Functions Coach, I teach people how to break down the demands of daily life. Together we create a system that prioritizes what is necessary and meaningful and eliminate what is not.
This unpredictable time is a good opportunity to ask: “Does my life reflect what I want?”
If not, what distractions are getting in the way?
Time management is not a way to fit more into your over-scheduled life. Time management is an opportunity to slow down, identify and prioritize what is important to you now.
By defining what is important, you are able to make informed choices about how you want to focus your time and energy. When these priorities are left undefined, others will impose their needs and expectation on you. This never feels good.
Today, I want you to set aside 15 minutes for you. Make a list of what is no longer working in your life, what makes you unhappy or what causes you the most stress?
Then ask yourself, “What can I do instead. What is new and freeing?”
Who knows what you’ll discover when you intentionally set aside more time to “be” rather than “do.”