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Overworked? Work load to heavy? Always running out of time? Sorry to tell you this…it’s not your workload or your demanding boss! It’s you!

Yes, that’s right… It’s you and your lack of organizational skills and undisciplined daily/weekly routine.
Many people procrastinate about completing their projects. Too tired, too boring, not sure how to begin, not confident in their skills….the reasons are too many to list.

Procrastinating and organizing go hand in hand. Organizing yourself diminishes procrastination. Creating a disciplined work week will give you the time to complete your work load efficiently, accurately, and in a timely manner! You’ll be more productive, less stressed and you’ll find yourself with more free time. And isn’t that always your goal?

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A reality check is a good time management technique. When you procrastinate because of exaggeration you exaggerate the extent and involvement of a project. Part of you is hoping that will make others just give up and go away, but that doesn’t work all that often. Break the project down into it’s components to understand the full scope of the project, and then just work on one component at a time until it’s done.

Another good time management technique is to get the overall scope down on paper before starting anything. Write out a quick rough draft identifying the big pieces needed for the project. Check and review to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything, and that you haven’t added more than is necessary.

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Even though To Do Lists are mentioned in many time management training programs it seems they are either overlooked or made more complicated, and time consuming than they need to be. To get the most value from your to do list you want to identify and segregate the different types of tasks, you want to have a way to easily track results, and you only want to spend about 10 minutes once a week on your to do list. You can spend 5 minutes to develop an electronic version of your to do list that you can either print, or use in its electronic state that will serve you for years.

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Isn’t the workday challenging enough without stressing yourself by forgetting to take care of something important? Well, that’s what happens when you make mental notes or write things on scraps of paper. Instead, employ the following technique consistently to track the glut of stuff (appointments, tasks, deadlines, etc.) that you want to recall and accomplish.

• In the office: When you receive a document, quick scan it to see if it’s pertinent to you. If it is and you need to take an action—record it as an appointment, with yourself, on your calendar (either a paper or electronic planner will work). Then tuck any information you want to reference later, into a corresponding file or electronic folder. Treat verbal requests similarly.

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