Time Management Journal: How to Use a Time Management Log

By Michelle Taylor

By using a time management log you will learn how to have a more balanced life. It will answer questions such as where do you spend your time? When are you most alert? What do you procrastinate about?

If you use your time management log effectively - you will be setting yourself up to be in charge of your own life. Your time journal doesn't have to be fancy, a notebook and pencil works just as good as any high-tech options.

Use your time management log each day for 3 - 7 days. To be most effective, your time journal should be simple and easy for you to use. Note interruptions, home activities and work tasks. It is important to write things down as you go, as this makes it much easier to accurately record your days events. A well kept time management log will give you a great overview of how you actually spend your time.

It is your responsibility to use your own journal. It is your own time management tool that will help you manage your time better. Make sure you write in it each day to be most useful. If you want to have a bit more detail in your time log, note priorities. Use a "A, B, C" or "1, 2, 3" or you can highlight different priorities different colors.

Use your time journal to record how you feel when you are most productive. Also note when you do not get much done, how you were feeling and the circumstances surrounding it. Identify what areas of time management you have problems with. Remember to also note the things that you are productive about as well.

A time management log is a big picture exercise. On completion you should have an eagles eye view of how you are spending your time, so it will be easier to then plan how you really want to spend it. Use your time journal to take back control of your life. - 31984

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