Everyone believes they could be doing a better job with time management. Every week, I find myself wishing that I could have accomplished more or been more productive. Even though I accomplished a lot in that week and met a lot of other objectives, I always feel like I could have done more.
What's the source of that? And how could you improve your time management?
When you begin to look into improved time management, you will come across the same advice and tips. They will consist of the following:
Create a list
Make a schedule for the day.
Keep your expectations in check.
Many people benefit from these suggestions, but others are perplexed as to why they never feel productive. You can accomplish everything you set out to do, be well-organized, and have everything meticulously planned out, yet why does it not feel like enough?
What I keep reminding myself is that true time management comes from telling yourself a joyful storey.
Productivity is only satisfying if
You enjoy what you're doing and,
Everything you do has a purpose.
That isn't to mean that you should abandon anything that irritates you; life is full of tedious tasks. What you should concentrate on is the long-term benefit of finishing a task.
If you focus on how much you dislike the task, your procrastinating mindset will take over and prevent you from doing it.
But why is it on your to-do list to clean the oven in the first place?
When you use it right now, it's making the house smell. You enjoy cooking, but it is causing you to avoid ordering takeout.
So think all the things you'll be able to prepare once you've cleaned that oven — that's something to look forward to. This gives you a clearer picture of why you want to accomplish it.
If you set out to undertake chores that you don't love, think about why you're doing them in the first place.
If you can discover genuine meaning in everything you do, it will all feel valuable, and you will be significantly more satisfied and productive when you do those chores.
Setting goals for the sake of checking a box is fine, but what do you hope to gain from them in the long run? It should seem like a step forward once you've completed it, not just a quick win of checking a box and moving on to the next.
Generating a habit of making lists and setting daily goals can be really beneficial, but you'll only get long-term satisfaction from them if you understand why you're marking things off.
So, what's on your to-do list right now? And why is that?