Many people struggle with juggling all the things they have to do in a 24 hour period, whether it be school, work, children, or a number of other responsibilities. Personally, I do not typically struggle with procrastination (seeing what time this blog is being submitted, you might think otherwise but I normally do not wait this long). What I struggle with more, is spreading my self too thin. I have yet to discover how to avoid doing this, except for not committing to too much at a time, which is really subjective. For example...right now I am a full time student, a leader at my church back home, a committed sister, and am planning my wedding that will be next summer...just to name a few. I have had to somewhat give up my responsibilities at church, as I will not be at home every weekend because I am involved with so much right now. This has helped me by freeing up some of my time and causing me less stress.
Another thing I struggle with is prioritizing my to do list. If I needed to read a chapter of a text book and practice, I would practice first because I do not like reading. Since I leave the thing I least want to do last (reading), I end up hating every minute I spend on it and it takes longer for me to complete. I always get things done on time and am very organized but I leave the not so fun stuff for last. When I do this Ido not have the "fun" (or at least more fun) task to look forward to. Sometimes I do read the chapter first, and it is so much easier just to go ahead and get it over with.
With both of my flaws with time management stated, I have two pieces of advice for the readers of this blog. One, do not over commit yourself because in the end you will either run yourself ragged, or have to give up some of your commitments. Two, do the not so fun tasks first so you can look forward to completing the fun tasks later. If you do these two things, it will save you a lot of stress and trouble in the long run.
This is clearly something that you've thought about before, Rachel. I agree--doing the less-fun parts first is generally the best idea. (I always eat my least favorite food first and make sure my last bite is my favorite.) And I, too, have always had a hard time with over-commitment. What helps me is remembering that, hopefully, life will be long, and even if I can't do something right now, I might very well be able to do it later in my life.
ReplyDeleteAnd I DID Youtube the song, and I DO like it. :-)