How to Manage your Time Effectively (Real Talk)
“Time management” is the process of organizing and planning how to divide your time between specific activities. Good time management enables you to work smarter but not harder – so that you get more done in less time, even when time is tight and pressures are high. Failing to manage your time damages your effectiveness and causes stress.
Time is one of the most valuable thing in life, as it is something you can never get back. After all, time management is really life management. Being a mother, a wife and a regular employee is not easy. For you to be able to do all your duties effectively, you have to be systematic-- organize and plan your daily tasks.
As an employee -- Learn to manage your time so that you have completed your tasks and can leave work at the appointed hour. Without proper time management, you might mess-up your work and miss the potential opportunities that may come to you.
As a mother and wife -- I don't take my work life at home. I do not bring all the stresses and pressures I have at work when I get home (if I have). After I shed my work clothes, I'm ready to face the demands at home -- this is really happening everyday of my life -- 5 days a week (from Mon-Fri, except Holidays) but I do not complain because it's my choice to work. But still my husband help me doing some household chores, as well as my eldest child. Because I believe that -- as children complete household tasks, they learn more about taking responsibility. They also feel like a valued member of the family.
And the most important thing is -- Good communication with my family. I talk to my husband and my children about my feelings as well as the things happening to me at work. Whenever I have duties in other places, I always seek his opinion so there'll be no problem between us. And to my eldest child, I explain him why I cannot attend school meetings and let him join other school activities or why I'm not home yet, and sort of things like that because I know that he'll understand it someday.
