Managing your time and using it wisely is a journey, and not something that can be easily mastered overnight. Implementing a plan will help, but it is not going to be a sure cure. Time management requires a significant amount of self-discipline.

Here are some tips to assist you with time management...

1. Set Goals
Set both short-term and long-term goals for your work day, work week, and work year. While it may seem silly, take the time to make a written list of your goals, which will allow you to refer back to the list when you need some guidance. Keep in mind that it is okay to adjust the goals as your business needs or your role changes. Use them as a tool to guide you.

2. Mini-Rewards
All work an no play is a difficult concept to sustain for very long. Build rewards into your schedule. If there is a task you really dislike, follow it with a task that you greatly enjoy. Build "mini-rewards" into your schedule to increase your productivity.

3. Keep Lists
Keep a running "To Do" list. The To Do list should contain both daily tasks as well as longer-term tasks. Having a To Do list will help keep your attention on the projects that require attention, and prevent some items from slipping through the cracks and being forgotten.

4. Be Realistic
Keep your expectations realistic. No one can do everything, and with that it mind, try to set realistic expectations of what you can hope to accomplish.

5. Prioritize
Prioritize the list of things to do. Some items might require immediate attention, while others may be necessary but not as urgent. And after prioritizing, try not to become a "firefighter" and only react to the urgent items. Be sure to still give proper attention to non-urgent items as well, as they are important too.

6. Use Time Wisely
If there are blocks of time that you spend waiting or commuting, figure out ways to use that time being productive! Listening to podcasts, reading, writing, proof-reading, reviewing your schedule, planning for your next activity, etc, are all things that can usually be done remotely to fill in some of the unavoidable "dead" time in your schedule. Try to find interesting and unusual productive things to do during those periods of downtime.

7. Set Limits
Set reasonable time limits for tasks. When working on those tasks, monitor the time that each item is taking.

8. Organize Work Space
Organize your work space, and remove any excessive clutter. Spending time looking for something is a waste of time... and time is a precious commodity. Both your computer files and your physical working area should be organized so that you can easily locate anything you need in a moments notice.

9. Minimize Distractions
If you find yourself consumed by social media, facebook, instant messaging, or other social mediums, set aside a specific and timed period of the day for participating in the online social community. Other than those specific periods of time, set your status to "unavailable" so that you are not interrupted throughout the work day. Minimize interruptions and distractions as much as possible.

10. Reflect
At the end of the day, reflect on what you accomplished. If you were unable to account for a specific period of time, or you found a given day to be particularly unproductive, take an inventory and try to determine where your time management system broke down.

Keep in mind that not every day is going to be as productive as you would hope. Unexpected things always come up, and no matter how hard you try, your expectations just might not be realistic. Do not become discouraged. Instead, simply stay focused and make an effort to increase your productivity the next day.

About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll Create RSS Feeds, Edit and Publish News Feeds with Software software for creating, editing, publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for RecordForAll Audio Recording Software for Podcasters audio recording and editing software.

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Great tips. Thanks for sharing them here.

The best time management tip I ever learned is work automation. It took me time to grasp that, but thank God I did.

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Thanks for the nice tips.
I've been doing some of the points already but some are new to me.

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Hi,
Thanks for shearing the tip. Some of them are really new for me and very helpful for me too. Hope you will share this type of interesting tips in feature. Keep it up.

Thanks & Regards,

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Right on with that list - it's amazing how easy it is to waste an entire day when priorities are not put in place. Good info like this really makes for a great forum.

Thanks for the tips. I just want more than 24 hr. per day.

Hey,

That's a great list. I hadn't even thought of most of those.

I'm always making lists, but I find it hard to get everything done.

I'm definitely going to try and use these techniques in my working day from now on.

Thanks again

Kat Fuschillo

This has helped me

I think the number 1 reason why so many people fail to even start their internet business is because they don't have a to do list so they can prioratize their work and actually know what needs to be done.

thank you for shinning light on this forgotten subject.

Time management is something which needs to be really paid attention to when you are working alone to succeed in an online business.
Because you do not have a boss or team here to guide you. You have to set your goals and rewards.

I am trying my best to cope with this but still after reading some timemanagement books and using tools, i am not at a point where i can say i have managed my time well. by the way..the above tips are good to start.....thanks