Time management can be such an elusive concept. What does it mean to manage your time and manage it well? How do you make the most of each day? How do you stop running out of time?

These are all good questions that many of us are asking on an almost daily basis. I deal with mostly 18-35 year olds and I can honestly say that time management is the one thing they struggle with most. What about you? Do you feel like there’s never enough hours in the day to get everything done? Are you constantly running late?

How can you take back control of your time and manage your day well? Here’s a few things that help me:

  1. Identify pressure points in your week: If you know you have a few important meetings coming up this week or some deadlines looming, plan for that and take it into account. Sit down at the beginning of each week and take a look at all that is coming up that week. Identify pressure points in your week and make allowances for that by cutting out some other activity that is not as vital. You can always pick it back up again when your week goes back to normal.
  2. Tackle one thing at a time: Do you ever look at your desk or things at home and immediately get overwhelmed by the magnitude of what needs to get done? Tackle one thing at a time. Start with the most pressing task and work your way down from that. If you try to do many things at once, you’ll end up doing nothing well. Give each task your full attention and you will find you will get through your to-do list much quicker and more effectively than when you try to juggle everything at once.
  3. Know the power of 10 minutes: Find yourself having 10 minutes to spare? There is a lot you can do in 10 minutes and if you discipline yourself to use them wisely, you will see how much more you can get done in a day. In 10 minutes you can: make a phone call, respond to an email, proofread a document, make a decision, grab a cup of coffee, take a walk outside to clear your head, catch up with a colleague… even pray!

Don’t waste the extra minutes you have between tasks or meetings. Instead, put them to use and you will find that you will finish your day feeling on top of it all instead of feeling like you’re buried underneath it.

God has given us time to use to live the great lives He has planned for us. Do you want to know more about God’s plan for you? If so, simply click on the link below or on the pop up.