Time Scheduling Suggestions

Time scheduling will not make you a perfectly efficient person. Very few people can rigorously keep a detailed schedule day after day over a long period of time. In fact, many people who draw up a schedule and find themselves unable to stick to it become impatient and often give up the scheduling idea completely.

The following method of organizing time has been helpful to many people and does not take much time. It is more flexible than many methods and helps to establish long term, intermediate, and short term time goals.

Long-Term Schedule

Construct a schedule of your fixed commitments only. These include only obligations you are required to meet every week, e.g., job hours, church, meetings, etc.

Short Term Schedule - One per day

On a small note card each evening before retiring or early in the morning make out a specific daily schedule. Write down specifically WHAT is to be accomplished. Such a schedule might include:

• 8:00 - 8:30 Review Project Plan
• 9:30 - 10:30 Meeting with Client
• 4:45 Pick up cleaning on way home
• 7:00 - 10:15 Time for Relaxing

Carry this card with you and cross out each item as you accomplish it. Writing down things in this manner not only forces you to plan your time but also in effect causes you to make a promise to yourself to do what you have written down.

Intermediate Schedule - One per week

Now make a short list of MAJOR EVENTS and AMOUNT OF WORK to be accomplished in each subject this week. This may include non-work activities. For example:

• Football Wednesday
• Shopping Friday

Resources:
ToDo Monday
ToDo Thursday
ToDo Wednesday
ToDo Tuesday
ToDo Friday
ToDo Saturday
ToDo Sunday