Tips for Time Management

Nowadays, people can use the internet to search and discover new information and dilemma they face. As I am searching for time management skill on medium, I found several useful blogs that discuss time management skill. In this post, I will respond to another blogger named Patricia Thompson and her blog titled “Self-Management vs. Time Management: What You Need to Know.

Self-management
As she mentioned about her past experiences in university, she also struggled with procrastination. Even with all planned schedule, people might fail to follow because they tend to focus more on time, and less on themselves. And without even realizing it, they end up doing the wrong things at the wrong time. The problem is not how you manage your time but how you manage yourself.

Patricia Thompson, a corporate psychologist, once said, “We all have the same number of hours in a day. You can’t get an extra hour no matter how good you are. And you can’t re-use the minutes that you wasted the previous day. However, you can manage yourself.” (2017). In other words, people all have a limited amount of time, but they can manage time by managing themselves. By focusing on themselves, by practicing self-discipline and by following a calculated yet flexible schedule.

Make Deadlines Your Friend
A big part of self-management is getting things done in a set period of time. Patricia Thompson, also said, “if you’re someone who often sets goals with the best of intentions, but doesn’t actually execute on them, then set deadlines for yourself.” From what I think, people should ignore the deadline that others give and set a deadline for themselves few days before the real deadline. It helps to regulate works easily because we can get more times left to achieve objectives.

Conclusion
Time is money and wasting time is wasting your life and value. We should learn to manage ourselves, and enjoy a fuller, more productive life.

Thompson, P. (2017, August 14). Self-Management vs. Time Management: What You Need to Know. [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://medium.com/the-mission/self-management-vs-time-management-what-you-need-to-know-67a4063715e6