It brokes my heart everytime i realized that it's 11pm already and i still have many things that needs my attention. No wonder my boss stays awake till 3am in the morning. His wife have to force him to bed before he breaks down. There are a lot of things piled up for me each day from making decent meals for my kids, grocery shopping, reading atleast 30 pages of a book everyday, hive blogging, work / meeting up with clients, assisting my kids with their homework and maintaining my spiritual time with God. All these and more are a whole lot and can be so overwhelming.
I don't know how parents that face all these still manage to study for their masters and phd because i think it's easier when it's just you that you are worrying about.
IT'S SO EASY TO GET DISTRACTED
Even when you have your day all planned and you managed to come up with a good strategy that would enable you to manage your time judiciously yet there is 70% chance of getting distracted from all that was planned. These distractions can be unavoidable like when a relation maybe your child gets sick and you have to be with that person or an emergency work related issue. Sometimes you fall into the avoidable distractions like You a facebook or tiktok notification and before you know what's happening you have wasted two hours watching videos online. A close friend can call you or even visit and a lot of productive time would be wasted on catching up on gists and other things that have nothing to do with what you have planned for the day.
FEW SOLUTIONS FOR PROPER TIME MANAGEMENT.
BEING DISCIPLINED: This will enable you to follow your programme for the day judiciously. To be able to say NO to avoidable distractions especially those coming from social media platforms. Put to stop to unnecessary hangouts and phone calls that will take a lot of productive time without adding any value in your life.
FOCUS: This is eyes on the goal and turning blind eyes to all
other things. I watched a video of where a man went to feed a lion that was locked up in a cage. As he threw the chunk of meat into the cage i was expecting the lion to rush to the meat but the lion's attention never shifted from the man. He was too focused on his main goal which was to hunt.
Prioritize: As one advance in life, a lot of responsibilities will also tag around. It's good to know which one is the most important for each day then set your programme for the day to be able to attend to these activities first. The other ones can wait till the next day if they didn't fit in because of lack of time.
OUTSOURCING: This will help you not to be burnt out while trying to do everything by yourself. The aftermath of trying to do it all alone can be disastrous to your health. You can pay someone to help you do somethings and you take care of the other ones. This will enable you to complete your tasks for the day easily and on time too.