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Time Management Tips to Help You Have a Great Summer
from: Carole PaganIt’s that time of year when living a balanced life becomes
an even bigger challenge. You have work, housework, family
responsibilities, and you want to get out and enjoy the
summer.
The key is to plan your day. Allow a certain amount of time
everyday for each thing that needs tending to. Use spare
minutes wisely.
Here are some tips to help you manage your time so you have
more time to play!
Get up a few minutes earlier if you have to so you have time
to plan your day. Write down everything you want to, or need
to accomplish. Plan dinner and make sure to take the meat
out of the freezer!
Don’t plan elaborate dinners. Simple dinners made with lots
of fresh fruits and vegetables are perfect for summer, keep
your energy levels up, and keep dishwashing down! If you are
short on ideas, take a look at Cooking With a Thin Attitude.
It’s full of great fast healthy dinner ideas.
Write down all the errands you need to do today. Can you get
one done on the way to work? On your lunch hour? Can you
order online? ConvenienceNet.com is full of handy resources
to save you time.
While dinner is cooking, check your email, or do an online
order, or pay bills online. You can accomplish a lot in
little ten minutes chunks of time.
Allow up to half an hour a day for housecleaning. If you do
this faithfully, your house can be really clean. No more
spending your Saturday cleaning house! You’ve got better
things to do. If you need to find out how to clean your home
quickly and easily, check out Secret Confessions of a Clean
Freak.
Buy clothes that are wash and wear. You don’t want to have
to spend time running to the cleaners or ironing, do you?
Make sure you get the clothes out of the dry and hung up
and/or put away right way so you don’t have to worry about
wrinkles.
Get a wash and wear haircut. Or at least one that takes less
than 10 minutes to style in the morning and that will hold
up all day. Use products that will cut down frizz and hold
your hair in place. I have naturally curly (unruly,
rebellious) hair. I use L.A. Looks frizz control gel before
styling, and Pantene Flexible Hold Hairspray after to keep
my hair looking good all day.
Girls, use waterproof mascara and eyeliner. The shave
minimizing lotions work great too. I haven’t had a male
volunteer to see if they work for reducing facial hair
growth. Any volunteers?
If you end up with small bits of light laundry, and darker
clothes, but not enough for a load of each, those color
grabber sheets really do work – except for red clothes. The
ones that seem to run forever. Nothing seems to work for
those L. Don’t chance mixing reds or new denim with lights.
But aside from that, you can get away with mixing with the
color grabber sheets as long as they can all be washed in
the same temperature.
Make it a point to get outside every day. I take a walk with
my daughter and the puppy every night that she’s home. We
get out, enjoy the weather, get some exercise, and talk –
away from the distractions of TV, radio, telephone, or
computers. Sometimes we’ll swim or go to a friends house for
a barbeque.
You really want a drastic way to increase your time? Not
many of you will do this one- Disconnect your cable TV.
You’d be amazed at how much time the television takes away
from your life. While not many of you would be brave enough
to not have TV in the house at all, at least turn it off
once in a while and go do something! Don’t watch life on TV
– go live it!
If you’re working at home – don’t forget you have a life
too. Find ways to be more efficient. Don’t read junk emails.
Don’t wander around the net checking out this and that.
While you’re working, be working. When it’s time to spend
time with your family and tend to your life – get away from
the computer and do it.
Plan time off. Time that you will not work. Time that’s just
for fun. Yes, work is important. Yes, your goals are
important. But time off is also important. When you take
time to play- you’ll actually come back refreshed, full of
new ideas, and more productive.
Use these tips to manage your time, and have a great
summer!
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About the Author
Carole helps people get their life together. You can find more of her common sense tips at http://CommonSenseLiving.com
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