Everybody
would love to make the perfect schedule and stick
to it. While there may not be a perfect way to
make a such a thing there are some great tips
that you can follow to make a schedule for your
day that will allow you to know all that you need
to do and accomplish it with little extra effort.
Lists are one of the best ways to organize your
schedule. Make a master list of what you want
to accomplish that month, then on a separate sheet
of paper make a list of what you want to do that
week, and on a separate sheet of paper make a
list of what you want to do that day. Some people
find that being able to cross something off a
list is very fulfilling and for this reason will
also right down things that were not on the list
but that they did. At the end of the day anything
that didn't get taken care can be put at the top
of the next day list.
It is okay to dream big and make
a long list, but don't beat yourself up if you don't
finish it. Write your day list the night before, pull
down anything that you want from the week list and carry
anything over that wasn't done from the previous day
list. With your list of what you want to do the next
day made you won't waste anytime writing one up first
thing in the morning and can instead focus on crossing
the things off. Set practical amounts of time to do
a task. If you know that 3 tasks will take you a half
hour each to do don't try and squeeze them all in one
hour's time. This will only frustrate you, possibly
lead to poor execution of the tasks and in the end you
wouldn't have gotten them all done anyway. Be careful
of making schedules that resemble those of school classes,
you need to be able to be flexible with your tasks as
unexpected ones can arise. Below are examples of a strict
schedule and a flexible schedule of a morning routine.
6:00
AM Wake Up and Shower
6:15
AM Eat Breakfast
6:45
AM Check Morning Email
7:00
AM Leave for Work
6
- 7 AM
Wake Up Shower
Eat Breakfast
Check Morning Email
Leave for Work
Although the exact same routine is
used and the exact same of time is allotting for all
of the tasks to get done the schedule on the left side
doesn't allow flexibility. You'll drive yourself crazy
trying to plan out every 15 to 30 minute increment of
your day. Instead time yourself one morning to see how
long it takes you to do all that you have to before
leaving for work. Then use that time frame as the schedule
for your morning routine, if you think can make the
schedule tighter try doing things a little faster. The
next two list may better describe a more flexible schedule
that isn't necessarily tied down to a specific amount
of time and a unorganized schedule.
Monday
Morning
Wake Up Shower
Eat Breakfast
Check Morning Email
Leave for Work
Monday
Morning
Check
Morning Email
Wake Up Shower
Leave for Work
Eat Breakfast
You know that you have to accomplish
these four things in your morning, however when you
take the time to list them in chronological order you
will be able to read, do, cross off and move on to next
task a whole lot quicker. The more you practice writing
out what you need to do in a day and do the task in
order of the time of day they need to be done and their
importance you'll discover that an organized schedule
is easy to make and follow and will make your day go
a lot smoother.
