Prioritize and Create Time
I’ve been mentioning about the importance of protecting your time many times since writing on Steem, but I haven’t shared that many tips on how to do it, so I think it’s about time. As I said in this post, I want to get back on track with my old schedule and work more because in the last couple of days I wasted a bit of time, you can read more in there.
I cannot stress this enough, your time is your most important asset, and even if it might feel good to waste your time on meaningless stuff sometimes, you should always spend it on the things that matter.
Prioritization
Since we have so little time on our hands every day sometimes is not enough to finish everything we have on our plate so we might need some prioritization. If you have to make 20 things in one day and you start with the ones that are easier to do you may miss on the ones that are important but a bit harder.
You should make a list, a real paper list with all the things you have to make so you have them in front of you and you can see them because only then they are becoming real. From there order them starting with the most important ones so if you don’t have more time that day to do the rest of them is not such a big problem because you will only miss on the minor stuff.
To be able to do this correctly you have to realize what is valuable to you and what is not so important. You might think that getting into a good college or getting a good job is an essential thing in your life only because some people that you trust told you so, but they are not always right, for you merely breathing may seem more important. You have to be able to differentiate other people’s opinions from yours and put weight only on what you believe in.
Create Time
Even if we might only have twenty-four hours in a day, we can always do some tweaks, so our time is worth more, first time I found out about this concept of creating time I was blown away.
If you know that tomorrow is a hectic day, but you want to do more things that may not be important in the short term but crucial in the long run instead of sleeping eight hours wake up one hour earlier so you can do more right in the morning. You have just created 1 hour of time.
Because lately I sadly don’t have time for personal development, one thing I always love to do is to download all the footage I would like to watch, transform it into an audio file and just drop it on my phone. That way, especially that I have to commute for about two hours, instead of watching those stuff at home I can just listen to them while I’m on the train and this way I’m saving up a lot of time.
There are always things you could do while being somewhere or things you could cut so you win a lot of free time that you can invest in the things that truly matter to you. If you decide to follow a particular path you will have to give up on some things that will not serve you on the long term and focus on those that will.
Conclusion
You can make as much money as you want but there’s one thing you can’t have more, and it will always get lesser, and that’s time. You might think that you don’t need to manage your time so tight because you’re not doing so many important things but just the simple fact that you’re here, on Steem, it means that you have a tremendous opportunity in front of you and you should take full advantage of it.
Even so, you should always focus more on developing yourself, getting better every day because no matter where you’re at in life, there’s always room for growth. At the end of the day it’s all about doing what’s truly important to you and not what’s important to others, and for that you need time.
If you don’t take care of your time, no one else will do it for you.
The pictures are from Pixabay: 1, 2, 3.
Sleeping less is certainly an easy way to gain more time on our days, but this needs to be done carefully because if we don't properly recharge our energies, we will have more time but we could also become less productive caused by lack of rest. But I think any person can "survive" with 6 hours sleep easily, and 5 hours from time to time.
Another way of gaining time is of course, do things a little bit faster, if we earn 5 minutes doing the laundry faster, and 5 minutes getting ready faster when we go out, we have 10 more minutes there, and the same can be applied to almost anything.
Cheers bud!
My goal in life is to be like this guy
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Hahaha, now that's the dream. Hopefully, we'll get there one day. :))
And so I realized one more time that some things I definitely don't do... :(
I know the feeling, it always happens to me. The sooner you realize something like this, the more time you have to put it into action. :)
Not everybody is good at prioritizing, but it works for those who can. Another way to get more done is to dedicate smaller amounts of time like 30 minutes, because anybody can do 30 minutes and once you did one segment (and took a break) what about another 30?
I make lists of lists. The story of my life. However, it helps keep everything going for sure.
I must admit that I owe a tiny part to you, who gave me the idea of fasting and I continue to fast at least 16 -19 hours a day. I cannot even list all the benefits this has given me. I tip my hat to you. Extra energy and the added bonus of losing a couple of pounds, but not the reason for it.
And yes... Take good care of your time. It is so fleeting, you never even see it going.
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Now, that's an interesting one. Not sure i've heard about it.
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In the last 5 years, since i moved to Bucharest i have a main job, a part-time, my photo-studio and other collaborations. Also, for 24 days, i am on Steemit. Time is the main problem with lots of activities.
I am glad to see the "sleep less than 8h" tip. I am sleeping like 6h right now, and i cannot complain on the idea. It really helps me to have 2h to solve all the tasks in one day.
Good post, as always. Have a great day!
Yeah, I know the feeling, it's never easy to take up so many things at the same time but sometimes is necessary. Sometimes is good to sleep less but I'm not sure how healthy it is on the long run, this coming from a guy that is sleeping five to six hours for five days a week.
I think I may write something else on this subject sometimes in the future, thank you. :)
Taking a short nap during the day (break) i've heard helps greatly if you are cutting back on your night sleep. maybe like 30mins. it keeps you refreshed. Great post @guyfawkes4-20. Indeed time is the currency we spend.
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Almost all day I am doing whatever, I take short off time from internet but as I don't sleep it doesn't really matter. STILL; with all 24 hours, I can't get to learn and real all the things I want. LOL