Most days involve doing things we don’t really want to do, and also doing things we do want to do. If you get the bits you don’t want to do out of the way first, the rest of the day will be spent doing things you enjoy doing.
Completing homework or a job before the deadline ensures you won’t rush it; it gives you more time to think about it and you can put more effort into it – which means a better result at the end of it.
When you know the holidays are coming, plan ahead with your friends, so you can make the most of the time off. Plan for sunny days and rainy days. If your friends are away, try and take up a new hobby or circulate with another group of friends; and take some time out for yourself.
Scheduling is best done on a regular basis, for example at the start of every week or month. Go through the following steps in preparing your schedule:
To improve your ability to estimate length of time for tasks, make a to-do list of upcoming tasks to complete, and jot down an off-the-cuff estimate for how long you expect each task to take. As you complete each task, record the time you actually spend on each one.
Scheduling is the process by which you look at the time available to you, and plan how you will use it to achieve the goals you have identified.
The earlier you do homework or chores, the sooner they are complete. This allows you to use the remainder of your free time for relaxing or other activities without running out of time before the deadline.
Micromanaging someone is inefficient with time, since there are two people doing the same task: one standing around telling the other exactly what to do, the other blindly following orders and not really learning or understanding , or needing to understand, the complexity of the task and how they should go about it in a way that makes sense to them.
Micromanaging someone – managing their every thought and move – denies them of the opportunity to learn from the experience themselves and become self-sufficient at the task.
Differentiate between urgent and important tasks: an urgent task may not necessarily be important. Urgent means it needs doing right away often for someone else, important means it furthers your own goals.