好好的利用時間
怎麼才能好好的利用時間呢? 我相信很多人上班之後都發現時間變得不夠用…. 找到一篇文有些滿不錯的辦法. 有空可以看看全文 ^^ 滿有用的喔. 不過能不能做到又是另一回事了….
1. Be efficient
2. Buy more at a time
3. Delegate
4. Share the love
5. Say goodbye to guilt
6. Make lists
7. Kill two birds with one stone
8. Put your time in your diary
9. Splash the cash
(from ninemsn)
The relentless tick-tock
Article prepared by Jennie Blythe, August 30, 2005.
Ways to help you pro-actively manage your time
No matter what your levels of motivation, if you’ve got conflicting demands on your time, it can be difficult to schedule in an allocation for yourself. Whether it’s half an hour to spend chatting over your day with a friend or partner, or an hour spent at a gym class, check out these ways to try to squeeze the utmost from your days and weeks.
Be efficient
If you know that you are working to deadline on a project, or that you want to make the most of your weekend, be clever with your habits. Instead of taking an hour out to have a time-zapping power walk at lunch, power walk to work instead. Or, instead of having a cleaning binge on Saturday morning, take 20 minutes out of every day to tidy or do the laundry as you go. It might be worth keeping a time diary for a week, and noting down exactly how you spend your time: this will enable you to spot those moments when you could be being more efficient.
Buy more at a time
Instead of doing four small shops a week, do one large one. Make a big lasagne or a stew on Sunday night and freeze it in batches: reheating it during the week will save you shopping and preparation time. Or, when going to the post office, buy a book of ten stamps rather than just the one you need at the time.
Delegate
This is an oldie but a goodie. You don’t have to be Wonderwoman: haven’t you heard that she’s not real? Create jobs for others to help you on your way: if you have a partner, get them to take the garbage out, help hang up the washing, change the baby and so on. Kids can help too — give them tasks that are suitable for their age groups, such as dusting, putting the dishes away, setting the table or even making the occasional dinner. You might have to remind people to do their tasks occasionally, but don’t be put off by that old “nagging isn’t attractive” line: neither is exhaustion, premature wrinkles and snapping through stress.
Share the love
Arrange with other parents a roster for picking up the kids from school so that you don’t have to do it every day. Not having to walk or drive to the school each day can save you enough time to make the dinner in, leaving you with an extra half hour in which to relax later on. Some families have even set up shopping rosters with each other, allowing them to make savings on buying in bulk and on time — one family will go each week to make the purchases. If you’re not that organised, why not set up your regular purchases on Internet shopping — all you then need to do is log in and pay, and your shopping will be delivered to you.
Say goodbye to guilt
Sometimes it’s good for you to ignore the fact that the floor needs a mop and the kids’ rooms are overflowing with mess. If you find it hard to ignore if you’re in the house, leave, take a walk or a cycle for half an hour, or schedule a coffee with friends. After spending some time doing what you want to do, the chances are you’ll come back feeling re-energised, less resentful and much more positive than when you left.
Make lists
Some people are very good at instinctively knowing what needs to be done. Other people, and particularly when they have numerous demands on their time, need a bit of support to get everything done. Making lists is a surefire way of prioritising and reducing the need to think. Got a spare ten minutes between meetings at work? Tidy up your inbox, make that hairdresser appointment you’d been meaning to make for three weeks, review your meeting notes… Not every task has to be monumental in its scale.
Kill two birds with one stone
Knowing how to fit more into your life is also knowing about how to combine activities. Meet up with a group of friends instead of having a time-intensive one-on-one (unless that one-on-one is necessary, of course!); do yoga with a pal; arrange to do your grocery shopping with a friend and have a natter while you do it.
Put your time in your diary
Everyone needs prompts to keep them motivated, so don’t give yourself the opportunity to “forget” about doing your 5km on the treadmill. Write your appointment with exercise in your diary, or enter it in your Outlook if you’re a daytime computer user. Don’t schedule meetings for these times, so when that reminder pops up you have no option but to get into those gym clothes and work out.
Splash the cash
Obviously, spending additional money is something that is not within the reach of everybody, but certainly some people find great solace in getting a cleaner in to clean the house once a week — saving just that little bit of extra time to check out a movie or visit parents. If this sounds a bit extravagant, why not consider taking your laundry to be ironed professionally? For just a few dollars you get the double benefit of avoiding one of the most thankless tasks around, and also not having an ever-growing pile of laundry in a corner of a room. Worth every penny.
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