Managing Your Time

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Managing Your Time

• Using good management skills will help you in all
  areas of your life
• more time for special activities
• wont constantly be late or forget to do
  important tasks
• more time for yourself and others
• Time Management Tools
• calendars, lists, and schedules help people keep
  track of activities and get more done
• Calendars
• note upcoming activities or appointments
• birthdays
• holidays

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• Lists
• reminder of tasks to complete
• make a to-do-list for the next day or week
• Time Schedules
• list of hours in the day with tasks to be done
  filled in at the right time

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• Time Management Problems
• time management includes dealing with problems
  that may arise
• two activities may occur at the same time
• you may have to make a choice
• sometimes you have several things you want to
  accomplish during a day
• you need to prioritize
• rank the tasks in order of importance
• another challenge is dealing with unexpected
  changes
• stay flexible

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• Saving Time
• establish daily routines for eating and sleeping
• avoid interruptions
• learn to say no
• divide big jobs into small tasks
• simplify work
• stick with a task until it is done
• do two tasks at the same time

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• Making Time Count
• Ways to avoid wasting time
• Avoid putting things off
• If you procrastinate, or put things off, you can
  waste a lot of time thinking and worrying about
  the task you need to do. Usually the job itself
  doesnt take very long when you finally do it.
• Get organized
• Almost any task goes faster when you are
  organized.
• Take care of yourself
• It is hard to concentrate when you are tired.
  Often you end up getting less done, instead of
  more, because you are tired.

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Managing Your Time

• Using good _____________ skills will help you in
  all areas of your ________
• more time for ___________ activities
• wont constantly be _______ or forget to do
  important _________
• more time for _________ and _________
• Time Management Tools
• __________, lists, and schedules help people keep
  track of activities and get more done
• Calendars
• note upcoming ____________ or appointments
• _____________
• _____________

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• __________
• reminder of ________ to _______________
• make a ______________ for the next day or week
• ___________________
• list of _______ in the day with ________ to be
  done filled in at the right ___________

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• Time Management Problems
• time management includes dealing with
  ____________ that may arise
• _____ activities may occur at the same ____
• you may have to make a ___________
• sometimes you have __________ things you want to
  accomplish during a ________
• you need to ___________________
• rank the tasks in order of __________________
• another challenge is dealing with __________
  changes
• stay ___________________

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• Saving Time
• establish daily routines for ________ and
  _____________
• avoid __________
• learn to say ____
• divide ____ jobs into _______ tasks
• simplify __________
• ________ with a task until it is ______
• do ______ tasks at the ________ time

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• Making Time Count
• Ways to avoid __________ time
• Avoid __________ things ______
• If you _________________, or put things off, you
  can _________ a lot of time thinking and worrying
  about the task you need to do. Usually the job
  itself doesnt take very long when you finally do
  it.
• Get ________________
• Almost any task goes _________ when you are
  organized.
• Take care of ________________
• It is hard to concentrate when you are ________.
  Often you end up getting _______ done, instead of
  ________, because you are ___________.