Can you check your email only once or twice per day? Yes, I said only once or twice! I, like many of you, often check email whenever it comes to my in box. When I check email only once or twice per day, I spend much less time on email. Most importantly, I save time by avoiding multiple transitions between tasks. Transitioning between tasks can add time to both the task I was doing and reading email so it ends up being a lose-lose proposition. When you check email as it comes in, you are more likely to rush through your response. Reading and responding to email in chunks of scheduled time can help you focus on the email at hand and give it the attention it needs.
Category Archives: Time Management
Time Management; Inforum Affinity Group; Detroit, MI
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August 12, 2009
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
FREE for Inforum Members
- Do you have trouble managing your time at home or at work?
- Do you need more hours in the day?
- Do your employees miss deadlines or assignments due to disorganization?
Laura will explore these topics as a part of her interactive program and participants will learn strategies and develop solutions to overcome these and other related challenges. Each person will leave the workshop with the knowledge to develop an action plan tailored to one of their specific goals.
Contact Laura Rolands for registration details.
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Time Management Part 3 – Accomplish More!
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How are you doing with electronic overload? Have you implemented any new tips from the last blog post? Let us know about your progress!
How do you plan your time?
Whether you have ADHD or not, you might have trouble accurately estimating how much time it takes to complete your tasks. This causes problems with your planning because you try to accomplish too much in one day and get frustrated if you cannot finish everything. Sound familiar? Don’t give up on the planning concept!
Here is something you can do to help yourself.
- Commit to planning for at least a week.
- When planning, add a column for “Planned Time” and “Actual Time”.
- Each day, write down how much time you think each activity will take under “Planned Time”.
- After you work on each task, write down how much time you actually spent under “Actual Time”.
- At the end of the week, review your data and adjust your planning the following week.
Even if you only do this for one week, it will give you a more realistic perspective on what you can accomplish in any given day. Being more realistic will help you commit to plan and, in the end, accomplish more!
Let me know how it goes! Best of luck to you.
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Overcome Time Management Challenges (part 2)
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Did you decide to implement any tips from the last post? What is working? Do you need some reminders? Let us know in the comments section below.
Last week I talked about the importance of planning and prioritizing. Today, I will to share some tips specifically geared towards our digital world. Many people, not just those with ADHD, are experiencing electronic overload these days. Too many places to go online, too many emails and too many devices… just too much!
- When working on an important task or you are on the phone, close your email and internet connections to minimize distraction. Better yet, move away from your computer or close it if you have a laptop.
- Schedule your social media time and track how you spend your time on social media.
- While I’m not a marketing expert, I realize how valuable social media can be.
- I also understand how distracting it can be when one of your friends starts a fun conversation on Twitter.
- Discover what balance is productive to you.
- Commit to checking email only 2 or 3 times per day. You will get through your email quicker this way and be less likely to spend time on lower priority tasks throughout the day.
- Consolidate your devices. If you are still using a PDA and a cell phone, consider just using a PDA (such as a BlackBerry other tool). You’ll save money and have fewer items to track as well.
How do you control your electronic overload? What other time management challenges do you have? Comment here to let us know!