Organize your life
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I really love to
plan my day, week, year etc. I began to plan my life a few years ago with a
correct description of the goals. Next I planned each day, week, month, so I
could move step by step towards the implementation of these goals. Now I
definitely know that it works! Every goal will be achieved, every task will be
done if you start to manage time in your life. And now I want to share with you
some useful tips that help me and I think they can help you to plan your life
and manage your time better.
For those who don't really like to
read I have some short interesting videos about time management, here they are:
1.
The first one can help you to figure out what you do
wrong, why you don't have enough time to do all your tasks.
Source: http://youtu.be/VUk6LXRZMMk
2.
The second one has 24 interesting tips.
Source: http://youtu.be/c3Y1VYapaRU
Steps to manage
your time:
- Prepare yourself first, by taking 30 minutes of your time to fix yourself something to eat and relax.
- Balance your effort.
- Focus on your most productive time of day.
- Manage time in increments.
- Take a break
- Keep track of your progress.
- Reassess the list.
- Leave time for fun.
- Sleep for 7-9 hours every night.
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And if you want to
start to manage your life from now on here are 12 questions to ask yourself at
the start of new year:
- Have you defined your most important goal?
- Do you have a clear deadline?
- How will you measure your success?
- What is the reason you wish to achieve your goal?
- What benefits do you expect to gain by reaching your goal?
- What are the consequences of not achieving your goal?
- What are the obstacles to achieving your goal?
- What are the solutions to overcoming your obstacles?
- What are some possible resources to help you attain your goal?
- What are the clear milestones on your path to success?
- Who have you told about your goal?
- Have you visualized what your success will look like?
Here is the full version: http://www.goal-setting-guide.com/goal-setting-new-years-resolutions-12-questions-to-ask-yourself-so-you-can-achieve-them-both/
Comments
The most important one is probably to pass away as a happy, old and rich man.
2.Do you have a clear deadline?
The deadline is death.
3.How will you measure your success?
By counting the time spent on living, measuring finances and tracking my happiness every day.
4.What is the reason you wish to achieve your goal?
To live a happy and constructive life.
5.What benefits do you expect to gain by reaching your goal?
Success.
6.What are the consequences of not achieving your goal?
Being poor, sad and lonely.
7.What are the obstacles to achieving your goal?
There are obstacles such as my own weaknesses, other's weknesses. Achieving this goal is very dependent on the success of other people.
8.What are the solutions to overcoming your obstacles?
Don't give up.
9.What are some possible resources to help you attain your goal?
Time, food, money.
10.What are the clear milestones on your path to success?
Having a good job. Going to gym and staying fit. Eating healthy. Be positive.
11.Who have you told about your goal?
Everyone is telling about it.
12.Have you visualized what your success will look like?
More or less, yes.
Actually, deadline is a very important part of defining your personal goals. It's better to have such deadlines and criteria by which you will understand that the goal is achieved or not.
I also have my goals set for upcoming year. I even made plans for next few years. I think it's good to have plan, or at least outline of what you want your life to look like. I also think that it's good to not keep to tightly to your plans, and be open for changes.
I'm not fan of so called new year's resolutions. Insted of that I implemented few changes before year ended in order to enter new era with good attitude.
2. Not often, but it should be I think
3. measurement is synonym to management
4. I achieve goal for many reason, sometimes I have to, sometimes I wants to.
6. Sometimes not achieving my goal is frustrating is not good
7. Always the biggest obstacle is time
8. Time is not from rubber,unfortunately
9. If we can say that resources are our determinations, so i will say determination
10.Milestones have to be clear, otherwise we don't know we achieve them
12. years, visualization is main technique in many number of motivation techniques
I watched the second video in the article and I don't agree with two points. I love multitasking. I'm pretty much always doing a few things at the time and I really like it this way. I always finish what I start and it doesn't distract me. I often listen or watch something while working. I also don't think that becoming an early riser is a good solution for everybody. Last week there was an article here about biological clock and I'm definitely working better at night. I can focus better and I have more energy. Of course I don't always get to choose when I can work (because sometimes I have to get up early) but I always preferred working late at night. It's a well known fact that people have different times of the day that they function best in.
To answer some of your questions. I think that I have defined my most important goals but I have clear deadlines only for my day to day tasks - like passing this semester and getting everything done for classes. I like planning important things but I also love to do things spontaneously and I wouldn't like to have my whole life planed day after day. I want to travel a lot in life, do some cool creative projects and be happy and that's the things I would like to achieve. I find it quiet interesting that I have to plan my day to day activities but I've never went on a fully planned vacation (I have never been anywhere with a travel agency). I took a lot of road trips where I didn't know where I would stay or stop (for now most of them with my parents ;)) and these were some of the coolest experiences of my life :)
Sometimes I have a feeling that I spend more time on planning than on doing :D But I know that without plan I wouldn't do anything :) And it helps me systematise my work and deal with all my obligations.
The funny thing is that in the past I was totally addicted to paper calendar, I couldn't imagine life without it, but now I don't need it anymore since I moved to online one. It was unbelievable for me to leave paper way of planning but now it's even better :) What about you? Do you prefer paper way of planning or are you using software? :)
As for me paper calendar or a board with a lot of stickers are still the best ones.
Now I'm looking for a good online one, can you recommend something?
Sometimes I like multitasking, but I noticed that I work better when I'm doing everything step by step, especially when it's really important thing to do.
And yes, I also love to listen to music or something like that while working.
I have to organize everything, because I always have so many things to do during a day that it would be hard to life without a plan :) In my opinion it is so easier to wake up everyday and know exactly what are you going to do.
Yes, my major.
Do you have a clear deadline?
Till the end of the next week.
How will you measure your success?
By getting at least B.
What is the reason you wish to achieve your goal?
So I can brag to the others, also because I will probably need it later, but I would not want to do it then.
What benefits do you expect to gain by reaching your goal?
Benefit of being able to brag about it.
What are the consequences of not achieving your goal?
I won't be able to brag about having it.
What are the obstacles to achieving your goal?
Exam, and also examiners.
What are the solutions to overcoming your obstacles?
Relearning everything I should have learned already.
What are some possible resources to help you attain your goal?
Notes and bunch of pdfs.
What are the clear milestones on your path to success?
Submit my project, so it can be checked.
Who have you told about your goal?
People I will want to brag about having a major.
Have you visualized what your success will look like?
I will be bragging about having it.
I really like app called wunderlist to plan short tasks and any kanban online to track my week :)
I can recommend a SMART method to describe your goals.
Here is an article about this method if you are interested: http://www.wikihow.com/Set-Goals
So try it
But I'm glad that someone divide his/her thoughts!
And I agree that weather influences our state at some point. I look forward to the sunny weather!
Here is an interesting article about planning http://www.wikihow.com/Form-a-Plan
2. It depends on the job I do.
3. I frequently ask myself a question „Am I satisfied with what I’m doing?”. That’s how I measure my success. If the answer is „no”, I try to change my ways.
4. I want to be happy and live a full life.
5. Fulfilment.
6. Frustration.
7. Usually it’s a mixture of not enough time and things that distract me.
8. I guess it’s just better organisation of your time.
9. Having enough sleep, good food and determination.
10. Exercising, eating well, reading and not forgetting your ultimate goal.
11. I don’t understand the question. I share my goals with people I care about and who can give me some constructive feedback.
12. Yes I have. I have a beautiful vision fulfilled with brightness and happiness.