Time Management : Set Priorities to Get the Right Things Done

ORGANIZE YOUR TIME

ten o’clock meeting because you had to respond
to an urgent e-mail. The meeting itself runs too
long. A crisis with a client interrupts lunch on
the run. Before you know it, three o’clock rolls
around and you are just barely getting started
with the tasks that need to get done that day. The
secret to avoiding chaotic days such as this one is
effective scheduling.

dealing with bills and taxes, and

so on.

• Community time is spent improving
  your community, in such ways as
  religious fellowship and serving the
  needs of the less advantaged.


• Education time is devoted to learn-
  ing by taking classes, watching
  films, reading, or studying online.
  You might have other types of time
  that are important to you: hobby time,
  exercise time, or travel time. Whatever
  they might be, understanding the dif-
  ferent types of time will help you man-
  age them and balance your life more
  effectively.

SOURCE:Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie

Morgenstern (Owl Books, 2004).