Time Management
Nathan Barfields passed on this time management
suggestion. I don't know his source.
- make a numbered list (and keep track of it)
- be very, very careful about keeping things on the list (mainly, don’t, unless there’s a very good reason)
- cross off everything you don’t actually need to do
- define your primary goal – all else comes second to this
- define your secondary goals – all else comes third to these
- Start with a very long list. Then cross off until you
have
no more things on your list than you are pretty sure you
can accomplish in the time you have
- DO everything that you DO actually need to do
- Learn to tell the difference and to keep pruning that list until
you are doing the whole list every day – and it should
include things like proper sleep and eating and laundry
and dishes and whatnot
- Don’t let anyone else put things on your
list unless you absolutely agree
- Don’t let any others make you feel bad about your priorities, and
don’t try to do someone else’s list.