| From time to time there are moments when we require much more than twenty four hours to accomplish all our things to do. In most cases we find time to accomplish just urgent tasks, and quite often we hear complaints that there is no time to meet close friends, or to visit relatives, or even to dedicate a couple of hours to ourselves.
Is that familiar to you? Fancy that you can slow down the time. It is possible if you know 3 not complicated recommendations listed below.
1. Do not postpone your duties.
Procrastination is not only postponing all the duties, sometimes it's just failure to prioritize when people convince themselves that the triffles they do are very important, but postpone those tasks that are really require to be done. It happens when these tasks aren't very pleasant, or in case a person does not know where to start.
Remember that procrastination does not solve your problems, it may only make them worse. That's why it's reasonable to make a schedule of your urgent tasks in order of decreasing importance, and begin with the most essential tasks. Do not put off important tasks till late evening, it is just a psychological trick.
2. Difficult duties are to be carried out first.
In case you have several things to do with similar priority, start with the most difficult task. It is human nature to postpone the duties that seem difficult or not pleasant. It is unpractical both because you waste your time and because the longer you wait the more impracticable the duty would seem. That is why try to be honest to yourself, and start with complicated duties.
3. If it's possible multitask.
Take into account the words: if it is possible. For example, the situation on the road needs your concentration, that's why do not try to solve your business problems on the phone when driving. It's a good idea to combine mental tasks with mechanical ones. When you need to water the flowers or to do the dishes, you may start with these tasks whilst talking on the phone. But be sure that your efforts to multitask don't slow down your activity.
Try these suggestions on practice, and you will save a lot of time. But take into account that no strategy will work if you waste time on unproductive things. Sometimes we tell ourselves that we'll take some rest just for a minute but then we find it even more complicated to concentrate on our obligations. Do not forget a famous proverb: business before pleasure. |
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