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Analyse Whether You Spend Time the Right Ways
Posted by Gina Trapani at 5:00 AM on April 26, 2008
When it feels like there are never enough hours in the day to dedicate to all the important areas in your life, it's time to take out the big guns and get to analsying where your day's going. Harvard Business Online has a few recommendations on how to break down your time by role, and then correlate those totals with the reality of your to-do list. It means assigning time estimates to your tasks, and taking a big view of how much time should go to each thing (i.e., six hours a day at work, four hours a day with family, etc.)—which isn't always easy, but can be eye-opening.
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monster79
Posted 6:12 AM 26/4/08
Hmm, six hours a day at work sounds good. That would free up a solid 3 hours for most of us to get more done :)
monster79
Torley
Posted 11:28 AM 26/4/08
This sounds very useful if you can grow it into a good habit and stick with it, but at first glance, it looks a little confusing.
I strongly believe that complimentarily, it's fundamental to identify specific time-wasters, because setting limits/constraints without a greater understanding of how your time is currently being burned leaves out a big part of the picture.
Also a big question: for the time you put into something, *what are you getting back?*
I've been writing on this and related life practices, and I epouse brutal efficiency combined with having fun - "Chop the slop!", I say. You can learn more here:
ยป [torley.com]
Torley
OX4
Posted 10:50 PM 26/4/08
Sorry honey, Daddy's reached his 2-hour limit with you. Go play, I've got stocks to sell.
OX4
paulcpa
Posted 6:36 AM 26/4/08
While searching for a timesheet program that integrates with Outlook, I found the following program that is very interesting:
[www.workingprogram.com]
Althought not great for a time sheet from which to bill your clients, it does create a great audit trail of what you are doing with your time. Very cool.
paulcpa