{"id":8279,"date":"2017-08-01T19:49:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T01:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=8279"},"modified":"2017-08-01T19:49:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T01:49:35","slug":"we-dont-manage-time-we-manage-ourselves-in-the-time-we-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/we-dont-manage-time-we-manage-ourselves-in-the-time-we-have\/","title":{"rendered":"We don\u2019t manage time, we manage ourselves in the time we have"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe don\u2019t really manage time but rather we manage ourselves in the amount of time we have.\u201d \u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Rex Allred<\/p>\n

My life often feels like the never ending battle with time management. \u201cHow can I get everything done?\u201d \u201cHow can I find enough hours in the day to get everything done that I need to?\u201d \u00a0And then there is the constant feeling of never getting through as much as I needed to each day. I can work my guts out all day long only to get to the end of the day and find that I\u2019ve barely made a dent in my huge list of to-do\u2019s.\u00a0 I can\u2019t imagine I am the only person in the world who feels this way\u2026<\/p>\n

On days I\u2019ve felt especially discouraged I try to read the advice of others who have learned how to deal with a similar problem. Today I read an article written by Rex Allred<\/a> titled – Personal Time Management: One Key to a Leader\u2019s Effectiveness. It had some awesome reminders on better ways to tackle time management. And I loved the fact that it reminded me that it\u2019s not my time I need to better manage it\u2019s managing myself better in the time that I have.\u00a0 I summarized some key points from the article that I loved:<\/p>\n

1. We don\u2019t manage our time, we manage ourselves in the time we have.<\/p>\n

2. Stay constantly focused on results rather than activities. Don\u2019t focus on doing things, focus on getting things done.<\/p>\n

3. Access how you are spending your time: Log your time in 15 minute increments every day for a week. At the end of the week look back and see where you really spent your time. Determine what changes you need to make in how you are using your time.<\/p>\n

4. Properly set and pursue priorities. Constantly ask yourself: \u201cWhat is the best use of my time right now?\u201d<\/p>\n

5. Keep a running list of everything that needs to be done and at the start of each day prioritize which items you are going to accomplish first, second, etc.<\/p>\n

6. Control interruptions. Lock yourself away for a set period of time each day without your phone, without letting anyone come in, and without looking at incoming emails so you can have a completely uninterrupted time each day to focus 100% getting things done.<\/p>\n

7. Simply and reduce wherever possible \u2013 ask yourself \u201cDoes this need to be this complicated?\u201d<\/p>\n

8. Can I kill two birds with one stone by combining two of my tasks into one block of time? An example might be holding a call while driving to a meeting (using your Bluetooth of course \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n

9. Delegate more. If it doesn\u2019t absolutely have to be done by your personally then delegate it to someone you trust to follow through.<\/p>\n

10. As we take on more responsibilities in life the need to better utilize our time grows larger and larger which means the smartest time to master the skill of managing ourselves is right now.<\/p>\n

Without question our time is our most valuable resource we have in this life. And with every day that passes by me I become more aware of how truly important it is to better manage ourselves in the time that we have…especially if we want to accomplish all that we are meant to before our precious time in this life comes to an end.<\/p>\n

~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe don\u2019t really manage time but rather we manage ourselves in the amount of time we have.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 Rex Allred My life often feels like the never ending battle with time management. \u201cHow can I get everything done?\u201d \u201cHow can I find enough hours in the day to get everything done that I need to?\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14516,395,14513,14507,3487,14515,122,14512,14510,218,571,14521,5608,76,14524,771,14514,3891,14372,770,413,11842,10199,14506,14509,14508,14522,440,149,6750,14519,14518,54,3563,1186,14511,14520,14523,14517],"class_list":["post-8279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-accomplish-more","tag-amy-rees-anderson","tag-can-you-make-it-less-complicated","tag-control-interruptions","tag-delegate","tag-delegate-more","tag-distractions","tag-does-it-need-to-be-so-complicated","tag-effective-time-management","tag-failure","tag-focus","tag-focus-on-results-not-activities","tag-get-things-done","tag-goals","tag-gospel-lesson","tag-inspirational","tag-kill-two-birds-with-one-stone","tag-lds-org","tag-life-mission","tag-motivational","tag-prioritize","tag-purpose-of-life","tag-quiet-time","tag-reduce","tag-rex-allred","tag-set-and-pursue-priorities","tag-set-priorities","tag-simplify","tag-success","tag-task-list","tag-the-time-we-have","tag-time-is-our-most-valuable-resource","tag-time-management","tag-tips","tag-to-do-list","tag-turn-off-your-phone","tag-we-dont-manage-our-time-we-manage-ourselves-in-the-time-we-have","tag-what-is-the-best-use-of-my-time","tag-work-less"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8283,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8279\/revisions\/8283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}