A good organization of time not only makes us more efficient at work, where even the smallest details can make a difference, it will also make us feel better.
Last update: June 15, 2020
Why do others sometimes seem to have more time? And why do we have the feeling that time is slipping through our fingers? How do you learn to organize your time best? Is it possible to reconcile social life, family life, work and physical and mental health?
You will find the answers to all these questions in this article, where we will explain the strategies to organize your time in the best way. Read on!
Is time relative?
We all have the same time, we live the same minutes during the day, but we use them differently. The way we use our time is what makes us different.
In today's society, dominated by competition and marked by runaway speed, the ability to organize is gaining more importance every day. Depending on our ability or not to know how to manage the available time we can be hired or not, we can feel useful or not.
Time is one of the few important things we have left.
-Salvador Dali-
Planning is key
The first golden rule for organizing time in the best way is planning. Taking a few minutes to plan the day, the week, the month or even the year helps us to define the actual priority of the things to do and give each one its place. This vision of the future also helps us to distinguish between the urgent and the important.
How much time will we need for each activity? Leaving a few more minutes for each point on the list allows you to be honest with yourself, contemplating the possibility that something unexpected will always happen.
For example, if today's schedule is grocery shopping, calling a friend, emailing co-workers, preparing a special dinner, and finishing a presentation, we will need to organize time so that we don't have to chase the clock all the time. day. There is nothing worse than doing everything in a hurry, the ideal is to get organized and follow a realistic timetable.
Let's see how: for example, it is important to take into account travel, lack of elements, unexpected distractions, queues or waiting times at the supermarket, traffic, etc.
Organize time using a paper or digital diary
What kind of diary or planning can we use to organize the time in the best way? A study carried out by the University of California (United States) has shown that students memorize and organize themselves better when they use handwriting instead of the keyboard.
When we write and take notes, the zone of fine psychomotor activity is activated, which leaves deep traces in the long-term memory; in this way, when we spend time planning the agenda, our brain is able to put ideas in order and assimilate concepts.
A manual time planner helps us create a mind map of how to distribute all our commitments over the time we have available. It is also a valuable tool for limiting intrusive thoughts and distractions, devoting all our attention to the most pressing things.
Using colors in the agenda can be of great help to organize priorities and activate visual memory, to facilitate program memorization.
To organize the time you need willpower
When we wake up, our mental resources, such as willpower, are at their fullest, having regained their momentum during sleep. By following this "rule", many specialists recommend dedicating the first few hours of the day to activities that we like least or that worry us most.
If we did the opposite, we would multiply the temptation to postpone and not complete our goals. All of this translates into an even longer list of commitments the next day, with the consequent negative emotions that ensue.
Our brain, in turn, needs space to relax. Dedicating a moment of the day to improvisation and creativity, or instant cravings and desires, is key.
It is a question of leaving a space, within our programming, in which an "unscheduled" falls. Organizing time in this way will make us feel better and avoid the feeling of living the day as a slave to the agenda.
In this sense, a recent study states that every time we lose concentration, it takes us about 2 to recover it. The more distractions we have around us, the more time it will take to carry out our commitments.
A good work station, time planning, a good work routine, the right hours of sleep and free time and a diet appropriate to our activity level are essential to enjoy our days and achieve our goals.
Remember: we all have the same time during the day, how to organize it and prioritize our activities is entirely up to us. What are you waiting for to enjoy every minute of your time?
