How to Reduce Stress: 7 Simple Time Management Tricks

If you master the techniques of time management, this does not mean that you will have time to do more and more tasks in a shorter time frame. This means that you will learn how to correctly plan your work (and not only) time, prioritize, use all available resources, and then you will not deviate from your plan.

Here are seven simple time management tips to help you get things done more efficiently and be less nervous.

1. Organize your day

Planning your day is an important and paramount task that you need to complete every day - either tonight or tomorrow morning.

Of course, it is impossible to predict and plan everything, there are always urgent matters, unforeseen circumstances and force majeure, but it is still worth creating a certain backbone of the plan.

Plan not only your work affairs, but also your meals (plan so that you have time to eat normally, and not be interrupted by dry snacks), exercises and other physical exercises, let you have time to meet with friends and family, and of course, take some time to rest.

2. Prioritize

If you are an incorrigible perfectionist, then finally understand that you can't do everything. Decide what is most important now and focus all your efforts on those tasks. It's best to set yourself short-term, small goals - they will be achievable and you won't feel like you’ve done little when you’ve actually done enough.

3. Delegate business and authority more often

Delegate affairs and authority as much as you can. You cannot do everything alone. Teach others, do not be afraid to depend on others sometimes, do not hesitate to ask for help when needed.

4. Do the hardest things first

Get in the habit of starting every day with difficult things so that you can deal with them before you are energetic and not tired. Leave all the simple tasks for the afternoon.

Often we are afraid to start performing difficult tasks, so we constantly put them off until the last moment. But at the same time, we constantly think about these tasks and are nervous all day. Why would you torment yourself? Better to deal with all of this right away and feel relaxed and be more productive for the rest of the day.

5. If possible, save time at meetings

We often need 10-15 minutes to discuss all important issues. But since conversations are very often accompanied by conversations not on the point, they can be significantly delayed.

There are times when we do not even need to meet with a person in person - just talk to him by phone or send him a letter by email. If you feel that you have just such a case, then you should not waste time talking one-on-one. So you will save not only your time, but also the time of your interlocutor.

6. Don't leave everything to the last moment

Completing a task under the pressure of deadlines is the worst for your psyche, productivity, and in general for your body.

You do the work in a hurry, which means that you almost always do it poorly and doom yourself to inevitable rework. And, of course, you are much more nervous than if you decided to get the job done on time.

Plan ahead. If the task is difficult and time-consuming, divide it over several days, but so that you can complete the task efficiently and on time.

7. Don't be a perfectionist

Do your best within a reasonable time frame, and then move on to other important tasks. If you have some extra time, you can always return to previous tasks later and make adjustments to them.

According to statistics, to complete the task by 95% is an excellent result, which not everyone achieves.

Of course, you will need self-discipline and some practice in order to learn how to properly manage your time and your own efforts. Once you learn to do this, you will notice how orderly your life has become and how much less nervous you have become.