Comments on: 5 Tips for Better Time Management http://punctualityrules.com/2009/10/29/5-tips-for-better-time-management/ Using Grammar and Good Manners to Save the World Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: --Deb http://punctualityrules.com/2009/10/29/5-tips-for-better-time-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2708 --Deb Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:23:13 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/?p=667#comment-2708 Good point ... although, I don't HAVE a spouse (grin). I'll start discussing things with my dog, though, just to be sure... Of course, right now, I have nothing resembling a schedule at all. I'm still trying to find, well, everything! .-= --Deb´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PunctualityRules/~3/KRDduyN6-us/" rel="nofollow">5 Tips for Better Time Management</a> =-. Good point … although, I don’t HAVE a spouse (grin). I’ll start discussing things with my dog, though, just to be sure… Of course, right now, I have nothing resembling a schedule at all. I’m still trying to find, well, everything!
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]]> By: David http://punctualityrules.com/2009/10/29/5-tips-for-better-time-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2707 David Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:06:02 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/?p=667#comment-2707 I think it's necessary to have planning sessions with your spouse. I know my week goes by much smoother when I do. Also, plan short-term and long-term goal based on principles (ie. if family really is a top priority...and I hope it is with whomever is reading this) then aggressively carve the time out for quantity and quality time with spouse and kids. I think it’s necessary to have planning sessions with your spouse. I know my week goes by much smoother when I do. Also, plan short-term and long-term goal based on principles (ie. if family really is a top priority…and I hope it is with whomever is reading this) then aggressively carve the time out for quantity and quality time with spouse and kids.

]]> By: --Deb http://punctualityrules.com/2009/10/29/5-tips-for-better-time-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2706 --Deb Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:04:36 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/?p=667#comment-2706 I agree with both of you. You can create the best system in the world, but it's not going to do you any good if you don't follow it. Of course, since we're moving today (I'm at the new house, waiting for the moving truck to get here), time management has pretty much been out the window for a couple weeks now... Which is probably why it's been so much on my mind! I agree with both of you. You can create the best system in the world, but it’s not going to do you any good if you don’t follow it.

Of course, since we’re moving today (I’m at the new house, waiting for the moving truck to get here), time management has pretty much been out the window for a couple weeks now… Which is probably why it’s been so much on my mind!

]]> By: Mary Brown http://punctualityrules.com/2009/10/29/5-tips-for-better-time-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2705 Mary Brown Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:12:06 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/?p=667#comment-2705 "The shortest pencil is better than the longest memory." But Deb already said that, pretty much. I agree, Walter. Discipline is definitely the biggest factor in making time management happen. It's easy to say to write it all down and block off time for it, but if I don't discipline myself to stop at the end of one block of time, or don't allocate enough time for something with an irrevocable deadline (so everything else gets put on hold while I do that,) or I neglect to plan ahead for the one week in my month when 3 urgent projects converge, or any of a number of other miscalculations, I mess myself up. It's not hopeless, though. We can (and hopefully do) learn from our mistakes and keep getting better. "One day at a time" is another good motto. (And don't just take notes; have a filing system so you can find them again when needed.) “The shortest pencil is better than the longest memory.” But Deb already said that, pretty much.

I agree, Walter. Discipline is definitely the biggest factor in making time management happen. It’s easy to say to write it all down and block off time for it, but if I don’t discipline myself to stop at the end of one block of time, or don’t allocate enough time for something with an irrevocable deadline (so everything else gets put on hold while I do that,) or I neglect to plan ahead for the one week in my month when 3 urgent projects converge, or any of a number of other miscalculations, I mess myself up.

It’s not hopeless, though. We can (and hopefully do) learn from our mistakes and keep getting better. “One day at a time” is another good motto. (And don’t just take notes; have a filing system so you can find them again when needed.)

]]> By: Walter http://punctualityrules.com/2009/10/29/5-tips-for-better-time-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2701 Walter Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:45:05 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/?p=667#comment-2701 Time management may sound easy but the truth is it's hard to make a viable one to where we religiously follow. The tips you have provided above are excellent but it takes dedication and discipline to make it happen. :-) Time management may sound easy but the truth is it’s hard to make a viable one to where we religiously follow. The tips you have provided above are excellent but it takes dedication and discipline to make it happen. :-)

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