Learning Challenge: Time Management

This week for the Learning Challenge, I looked at the article titled 11 Ways Unsuccessful People Mismanage Their Time. I had several reactions to the article, finding that I utilized some of these strategies in my own time management attempt, but not all of them. My challenge to myself this week would be to be mindful of what I do and to make a conscious effort to be better about time management as a whole.

The article that I read this week is all about Time Management

and how to be more successful about utilizing it. Source: Pixabay

The very first point that this article made was the importance of keeping a schedule. This is something that I do religiously, always making sure to write down every little detail and to color code it appropriately. I have definitely seen the ways that this has proven to be beneficial and I have no doubt that it is something that I will never stop doing. I feel like this is very similar to the second point that said to record things such as what you need to do and what you've already done. I've also seen great benefits in doing this.

The first thing I saw that applied to me in this article was the 3rd subtitle that said that they get distracted easily. This definitely applies to me at times, more than I would like to admit. Usually my focus is pretty good but there re definitely times that it is lacking and could be better. Those are times that I want to be aware of what is going on and to make an effort to stay on task and to focus more on quality than quantity of time spent on something.

A HUGE thing this article mentioned that I am guilty of is not planning time for fun things in order to relax and avoid burning out on what I am working on. This is something that I had not really given much thought to previously, but that I will begin to make an effort to be better about. I think this goes hand in hand with the topic that follows it in the article about forgetting about the weekends and trying to just push through them as if they are just 2 extra days during the week to cram as much into as possible.

These are just a few of the things that I found to be interesting about the article that I read and that I want to challenge myself to be better about not only during this week, but also during the weeks to come following.