Nowadays time is short given the amount of activities we have daily and therefore, we must find practical ways to optimize it.
This calendar found in Figure 1 shows the days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And later, in the vertical column the times of day are presented: morning, afternoon and night. This sounds vague until we write the activities in the blanks. An example of how we can use the calendar would be the following, place on Monday at 10 am to visit the nutritionist, on Tuesday at 4 pm turn with the pedicure and on Thursday at 6 pm English class.
Monthly Organizer to Manage Your Time
The calendar has the space to place an activity of importance and ensure that it is carried out. Every day we have activities that we do not need to schedule. The alarm clock goes 6 am I get up, take a shower, prepare breakfast, wake the children, have breakfast, change, go to school, go to work.
Generally, what is mentioned in the previous paragraph will not be scheduled because it is part of our routine. But we will schedule those activities that are not part of our daily actions, such as the meeting at the children's school on Tuesday at 10:30 am (tomorrow). Go to the dentist on Thursday 4 pm (afternoon). Attend the Office Cocktail on Wednesday 7 pm (night).
That is why this agenda with few activities is much more realistic in everyday life. Not so at work where the hours are more limited and meetings, presentations, breakfasts and conferences have their schedules, as well as telephone calls, video conferences, emails, which need immediate response among other important activities.
Wasmund and Newton postulate that “There are not enough hours in a day. True. There is not. And that will never change. Prioritize! " (translated by Rago, MR from the book Stop Talking, p. 85)
Prioritizing could then be considered the key to achieving what you want to accomplish in one day.
Therefore it is important that:
- See which activities have priority Write down, make a list Use highlighters Write on colored pieces of paper to better visualize them Ask for help to finish that activity Find someone who can guide you Be objective eventually you will not be able get everything done in 15 minutes Add activities to the calendar on multiple days. Do not try to do everything, because that will frustrate you when you notice that you do not arrive on time. Be flexible.
We believe that putting these actions into practice will allow you to optimize your schedule and achieve better results.
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Maria Rosa Rago and Maria Mercedes Rago
Bibliographic references.
Rago, MR & Rago, MM (2018). The Wedding: Twelve months to go! Buenos Aires.
Wasmund, S. & Newton, R. (2011). Stop Talking. Start Doing. Capstone Kindle version.
