If you’ve just read the headline above, you are most likely saying to yourself: “Six extra hours in every day? That’s a total impossibility!” And you’re right. I can’t guarantee exactly 6 hours more, because I don’t know your challenges and responsibilities. For you it might be less… or more.
However, I assure you, creating extra hours in every day is more than possible to do – and I’ve done it. My family and I are now enjoying the rewards of a highly fulfilled, rewarding lifestyle.
But before you write me off as either Wonder Woman or a replacement for Martha Stewart, let me tell you something else – far from being a “Martha”, I grew up in a home where we threw everything quickly into closets in order to clean up; opening closets was done with bated breath and the probability of an avalanche! Everything important would be done “soon, after the summer” (or “winter”).
So I’m coming from the same place you’re likely stuck in now, if you’re wistfully reading this page. And one thing I’ve really discovered: The best way to becoming more organized is to practice effective time management. This is easier to do than you might think, if you apply methods that are easy and natural for you – ones that won’t leave you trying to follow rigid schedules and systems that you don’t have time to use.
The way to do it? Start small, at first reclaiming your time by mere minutes, if you have to. The moment you’ve had even one small success, it’s such an energizing rush, you’re eager to create more of those reclaimed moments.
If you’re actually fairly organized, and manage your time 75% efficiently, you may only be able to recover 2 or 3 extra hours a day, rather than 6.
However, if you’re swamped in a sea of chaos, hiding from it in the gloom (or guilty pleasure) of helpless procrastination, you stand to gain a whole lot more than your semi-organized counterpart!
Think about it, for a second… Say you perform 6 regular tasks every day (and that of course is a conservative estimate!) If you were able to reduce the time for each task by 12 minutes per task, that’s over an hour regained that you can re-use any way you like – every day, from now on!
You see, effective time management is not about organizing your life more rigidly. It’s all about changing your mindset and embracing time as your best friend.
If you’re thinking that it’s a hopeless cause, and effective time management is just something that doesn’t seem to work for you, most likely you’re familiar with…
Well, rather than taking up even more of your time talking about this any longer, let me get straight to the point, and tell you about my new booklet, “Creating Hours”. I wrote it… Read more…