What’s at the Root of Your Time Management Blues?

There’s a million excuses for why we don’t get stuff done, why we don’t start projects or timemanagementbluesfinish them, why we aren’t more productive with our work hours, but at the bottom of this bundled mass of uninspiring justifications lies nothing more than bad daily choices.

It’s not that we don’t necessarily know what to do to increase our chances of a more productive and balanced day, it’s more that we ignore the solutions nagging at us at the back of our minds.

Rolling back in our memories to investigate our choices throughout the day will illuminate those moments of poor decision and put you on a path to curing your time management blues for good!

Here’s the most common excuses for why stuff just doesn’t get done…

  1. I don’t have enough time.
  2. I have too many interruptions.
  3. I don’t have any help.

Here’s the most common daily choices you’re making which lead to the excuses above…

I don’t have enough time:

-You choose not to review your day’s to-dos and work load in order to PLAN out your following work day.

-You choose to go to bed late, which leads to waking up late and groggy and don’t get a real start at your work until 9am or later.

-You choose to let others set your appointment times, rather than reviewing your calendar and offering times that work best for YOU.

-You choose not to embrace new tools, methods and technologies.

I have too many interruptions:

-You choose not to communicate boundaries with your co-workers, referral partners and family.

-You choose to solve everybody else’s problems, instead of allowing them to learn from their own mistakes.

-You choose to answer emails and phone calls during the times you set aside for file work or other projects.

-You choose not to set up your home office properly.

-You choose to keep your Smart Phone nearby at all times where you hear the pings of incoming social media feed, texts, IMs, advertising emails, etc.

I don’t have any help:

-You choose not to take the risk and hire an Assistant.

-You choose not to task your Assistant with ALL of your low-pay off activities.

-You choose not to ask for help.

-You choose not to use the resources provided to you.

-You choose to attempt to be the expert on everything.

Remember, everyone struggles with time-management at some level, but that is because everyone struggles with being present in the moment and disciplined in making better choices that many times are tied to insecurities and fears.

Make the choice today to take a good hard look at what you are choosing to do with your time and attention so you can discover what your particular time management “hang-up” is really tethered to.