9 Time Management Mistakes You’re Making (And How to Rethink Them)

Time management mistakes you’re making and questions to reflect on

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Every day, your calendar seems like a battleground of conflicting priorities, with to-do lists growing longer as your free time shrinks.

You might be using the latest apps, setting alarms, and planning your week down to the minute, yet somehow, you still feel like time is slipping through your fingers.

Sound familiar?

If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone. Many of us fall into the trap of thinking that better time management means cramming more tasks into our day, when in fact, it’s often about reassessing what really matters.

Inspired by Oliver Burkeman’s eye-opening book Four Thousand Weeks, which reminds us of the finite nature of our existence (roughly four thousand weeks in a lifetime), this article explores nine common time management mistakes — and the reflective questions you can ask yourself to break free from them.

Let’s dive in.

1. Overcommitting and Saying “Yes” Too Often