I have had a few questions lately about Time Management and how to deal with overwhelm. Overwhelm is something that can happen a lot online with:
- Millions of sites containing quality information
- Skype, MSN, facebook and gChat flashing all day
- Twitter, Facebook and Digg status updates
I can see how easily it can become overwhelming for someone who is in learning and implementing mode. Here are 3 quick and easy Time Management strategies I personally use to counteract overwhelm:
1. Schedule Learning And Implementing Time – It’s very easy to log in to your twitter, facebook or digg account and see all the links and spend the next few hours reading and researching. While you will be learning (a good thing) you can get lost in learning and have no time to actually implement. I suggest you schedule time for you to learn and time for you to implement, so you can see some results.
2. Unit Size Your Day – In the movie About A Boy, Hugh Grant talks about breaking his day down into 15minute units and allocating a set of units to an activity. With the time that you have available to spend on your internet business break it down into 15 minute units and allocate units to each activity.
3. Set On Track Goals – This is a form of goal setting where you take your monthly or yearly goals and set on track goals weekly. These goals are activities you should achieve each week to indicate to you that you are on track to achieve your larger goals.
Remember, if feeling overwhelmed, step back, take a deep breath and implement these three Time Management strategies
Really understand where you are coming from here. Find it very easy to lose my way unless I stay focused on what I am doing. It’s very easy to get distracted and next thing it is 2 hours later.
Will try the bite size pieces - 15 minute units.
Thanks
Diane
Comment by Diane — 18 February, 2009 @ 2:37 pm
size of the business is not relevant to the size of the effort, the challenge is always to build up a brand that respond to the market. Today the digital age is not any longer just driven from children looking at games or business people searching the next opportunity but from us to around the world.
Comment by didier grossemy — 18 February, 2009 @ 8:10 pm
Time management is vital to making working from home a success. The information here has re-enforced that I need to set more time to make my days more productive. It is so easy to get caught up in the day to day of running a house, facebook, twitter, squidoo, youtube and all the other fantastic tools available to everyone. Staying focused with a list in front of me each and every day keeps me moving forward. Thanks for the great reminder.
Here’s to your success;)
lisa
Comment by lisa — 3 March, 2009 @ 11:22 am