Your Time Management Questions Answered by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
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By Elizabeth Grace Saunders
Hello lovely ladies! Thank you for your great questions! As a time coach, I first get a holistic understanding of my clients’ specific situation before offering a custom solution. But for this column, I’ve done my best to provide helpful advice based on the provided information. To receive exercises that may help you better address your personal situation, go to ScheduleMakeover.com.
Here it goes! (Plus, look for my #1 Schedule Makeover Tip at the bottom of this post!)
Carole Bennett Asks:
How do you balance “home life” tasks with “working from home” tasks, when everyone else is just as wrapped up with their own projects as you are? more
Block Scheduling
Tags: Block Scheduling, Business, Jenifer Francis, Productivity, The Work at Home Woman, Time Management, Time Management Mama, To-Do List, Work-Life Balance
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By Jenifer Francis
It is time to break out your colorful markers because today’s topic is “Block Scheduling.” Many of you have probably seen this before. Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendars does a fantastic job of managing your time for you in this manner. Block Scheduling is very much what it sounds like – blocking out chunks of time for each item in your schedule. If the computer thing works for you, wonderful! More power to you. But I find that because it is a calendar housed on a computer, it often falls under “Out of sight, out of mind.”
If you are a visual person, like I am, then you know that just because you put it in your calendar 3 months ago does not mean you will remember to do it. Or remember how much time the task/meeting/process will take. So what I like to do every Sunday is ‘block’ the coming week. more
How to Keep the Work-Life Balance as a Work at Home Mom
Tags: Business, Dita Basu, Family, Mom, The Work at Home Woman, Time Management, WAHM, Work at Home, Work-Life Balance
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By Dita Basu
The job of keeping work-life balance can be challenging for the work at home mom. Though it is nice to have all the freedom to be flexible and have the option of multi-tasking whenever you wish, unless you are aware and stay focused it can be counter productive too.
Prioritize
Starting with the big picture, prioritize what is important and in what order. For me they are…
- Health
- Spouse and Children
- Career and Money
- Friends and Extended Family
- Home and Hobby
After you have made your priority list, start planning your week accordingly. more
Ways to Save Time
Tags: Business, Mom, Schedule, The Work at Home Woman, Time Management, WAHM, Women, Work-Life Balance
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By Holly Reisem Hanna
Last week I was talking to a friend of mine when she asked me, “Where can I find the extra time to read a business book each month”? I gave her a few suggestions on how I squeeze in reading, but none of these ideas worked for her. You see, her situation is unique in the fact that she has a full-time day job, a part-time franchise, a new business venture that she’s trying to get off the ground, two young children and a husband that need her attention.
For many moms work-life balance is a constant struggle with the end result being that mom doesn’t get any time for herself. I too struggle with balancing my work and personal duties, but here are some different ways I have found extra time in my schedule. Perhaps these tips can help you to start finding extra time in your schedule, to start pursuing your dreams, whether it’s starting a new business, writing a book or just reading a new book each month. more
Five Tips to Deal with Rude People
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Dr. Barbara Seifert, LCSW, CPC
Rude People. They seem to be everywhere these days. We see them as we are walking in the mall, when we are out at a restaurant, or while driving in our car. We see it as we go through the drive-through and the server does not say hi or thank you; at the store where the clerk throws the bag at you; how about the person who cuts you off in traffic or won’t allow you to merge in; or the man/woman who bumps into you but looks at you like it was your fault. Yes, bad behavior seems to be everywhere these days.
Why is this phenomenon increasing? As a society, we are on the fast track. With the increasing use and ease of technology, it seems to have taken away our ability for patience and civility. We have gotten used to buying something at the push of a button and perhaps accessing it immediately. With email and text messaging, interpersonal relationships are going by the wayside, particularly among our young adults. The “give me” generation has led way to the end of common courtesy and civility and an expectation of “me first.” more