You can’t manage time, you can only manage your life in the time you have.

Think about it…Manage means to handle, to direct, to make do something. We can’t handle, direct or make TIME do anything, we can only handle, direct and make ourselves do something in the time we have.

Three of the biggest things we desire to manage I believe are our money, our space and our time. If we need more money than we have, then we will borrow it. If we need more space for our “stuff” we can rent storage. But, we can’t borrow or rent time. We must work with what we have – 24 hours/day - for the rest of our lives.  Therefore, we must learn to manage our lives in the time we have.
So how do you manage your own life?

1st:     You must be self motivated or else time and situations will manage your life for you.

2nd:    You need to know what this season of your life is about? Are you a full-time parent, full-time employee, full-time student, all or none of the above. Whatever the case, determine what it is and then your life management encompasses it.

3rd:    You have to remember that anything you do takes time. Whether it is the many responsibilities of child rearing, studying for a test, preparing a presentation to the simple things in life like showering, eating, or sleeping, we have to realize that these things take time so we must manage our lives with these in mind.
As you think about your life management, you will also need to keep the following points in mind:

• Someone else may be better at doing “it”. Did you share chores with your husband before you became a full-time Mom?  If so, why has this changed, you are working with your children; you didn’t resign to take on all the household duties.

• Is there someone else on the job better fit to take on “that” responsibility?

• Do you have to take 12 credit hours this semester or should you go with six?

• It’s okay to say NO to others besides your children (smile).

• Are you scheduling anytime for you? It’s important to give yourself time.

When thinking about YOUR life management:
• Realize everything you do requires time.
• Then, determine what you will do with yours.

    

One of the greatest benefits of managing your own life is that you now know what you should be doing…if you decide to do something else you are making an intentional decision to do something different with your time …CONGRATULATIONS now you are managing your life in the time you have!
       

If you desire help with creating your life management system, contact us.  We will gladly help you create a system that works with YOUR life!