How to Reduce Stress: 7 simple tricks of time management
Motivation / / December 19, 2019
What often makes people feel stress? Time. We rarely feel that it is enough - we are always time and it's not enough. In fact, the majority of the population of the planet Earth is enough time, many people simply do not know how to use it properly.
We either do waste time, or allow those around us to do it for us.
If you master the techniques of time management, it does not mean that you will have time to do more and more tasks in a shorter time. This means that you will learn how to properly plan their working (and only) time, set priorities, to use all available resources, and then will not deviate from his plan.
Here are seven simple tips on time management, which will help you to deal with cases more efficiently and nervous at the same time much less.
1. Organize your day
Plan your day - this is an important and primary task that you need to perform on a daily basis - either this evening or tomorrow morning.
Of course, to predict and plan for all possible, there are always urgent business, unforeseen circumstances and force majeure, but to create a certain core of the plan still stands.
Plan not only their work matters, but also the meal (it is planned so that you have time to eat normally, but do not interrupt snacks cold food) exercises and other physical exercises, even if you have time out to meet up with friends and family, and, of course, leave yourself time to recreation.
2. prioritize
If you're an incorrigible perfectionist, you finally understand that you can not catch everything. Decide what is now the most important and focus all their efforts on these problems. It is best to set yourself small goals short - they are achievable, and you will not feel that did little when in fact you have done enough.
3. Often delegate authority to the case and
Delegate of the case and the power to the maximum, as much as you can. You can not do everything alone. Teach others, do not be afraid sometimes depend on others, do not hesitate to ask for help when you need it.
4. Make the most difficult things in the first place
Get into the habit of starting each day with difficult cases, to have time to deal with them while you are energetic and did not have time to get tired. Leave all the simple tasks for the second half of the day.
Often we are afraid to begin to carry out complex tasks, so they constantly put off until the last moment. But we are constantly thinking about these problems and nervous all day. Why do you torment yourself? Better just to deal with all of this and the rest of the day to feel relaxed and more productive.
5. If possible, save time at meetings
Often it to discuss all the important issues, we need 10-15 minutes. But since the conversation is very often accompanied by talk is not the case, they can significantly delayed.
There are cases where we have and there is no need to meet with someone in person - just to talk to him on the phone or send a letter by email. If you feel that you have is the case, then do not waste time communicating face-to-face. So you will save up not only their time but also the time of your interlocutor.
6. Do not leave everything to the last minute
Run the task under the pressure of deadlines - it is the worst thing for your psyche, productivity and overall for your body.
You do your job in a hurry, and therefore, it is almost always perform poorly and doom yourself to the inevitable alterations. And, of course, much more nervous than if you decide to do the job on time.
Plan ahead. If the problem is complex and requires time-consuming, divide it for a few days, but so that you could do the job and in time.
7. Do not be a perfectionist
Do everything possible within a reasonable time, and then go to other important tasks. If you will have extra time, you can always go back to the previous problem later on and make adjustments to them.
According to statistics, to perform a task at 95% - is an excellent result, which seek not all.
Of course, you need a certain self-discipline and practice to learn how to properly allocate their time and their own efforts. Once you learn this, you'll notice how your life is ordered and how much less you become nervous.