English Literature

Effective time management is the most important factor for succeeding in life. This is because it minimizes chances of loosing success opportunities in our day-to-day activities. This also saves time, allowing one to do more each day. Surprisingly enough however, effectively managing my time has been a major concern in my life. What with attending classes, doing and submitting assignments on time, being punctual in meetings, name them most times I am a victim of poor timing. Nevertheless, just as the common saying goes, habit is next to nature. Therefore, by repeatedly engaging in effective timing practices, I can sufficiently improve on my timing ability.

The first practice is ensuring prior planning of each day. By having a to-do list, I will be able to accomplish more in timing. This requires me to keep schedule of planned activities as a way of minimizing crash of plans during last minutes. Daily tasks should be categorized based on priority, both in urgency and importance, to avoid wastage of time and energy on less important tasks while neglecting the important ones. There is thus need to say no to nonessential activities.

Commitment to a task is equally important. To accomplish a quality job, I might need more time at first. However, such a time is better than the time it could take me to correct errors committed because of failure to allocate the necessary time for doing quality work. Divide and execute can help in quick completion of big and time consuming tasks. Lastly, there is great need for evaluating how I spend my daily time. With a dairy record, I will be able to identify and thus rectify any barrier to realizing effective timing.