Get Stuff Done With These Three Time Management Skills

Ever have those days when you just feel good about yourself because you got stuff done. Here are three things you can do to better manage your time.

Stop checking your email so often - If you are expecting an important message, know that you will get it eventually. If it's really important, just program your email program to ring with a special tone when you receive a message from the specific sender. Otherwise, close down your email program completely and check it once or twice per day, once in the morning and once at night. Did you know that it takes an average of four minutes to recover from a distraction? If you have 20 distractions a day, that's one hour of lost time per day, or 365 hours per year! Personally, I skip the nightly check as it is time that I'd rather spend doing things that I enjoy like be with family, read a book, or watch a movie.

Unplug - Turn off all the gizmos, including your phone, television, computer, etc., thirty minutes before bedtime. This will help your mind shift to sleep mode much more quickly and get to bed on time. Also, flashing lights disrupt the production of melatonin, the primary chemical that the body produces to sleep. Lastly, even the smallest of noises can prevent or disrupt sleep.

Run before work - Studies have shown that activities which tax your mind and body will demotivate you to exercise. So, the best way to get around this is to get your exercise in before your shift starts. Then, you have the option to exercise again after work to unwind, or just lounge around and have a drink or two!

By: Blaine S Molkowski

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Blaine S Molkowski has been writing articles for 5 years, covering a number of topics such as self improvement, home and garden, and business management. Her latest blogs are about name badge ribbons and id badge clips.