{"id":5203,"date":"2020-03-24T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/13-time-management-tips\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:49:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:49:07","slug":"13-time-management-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/13-time-management-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Time Management Tips They Didn\u2019t Teach You About in School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the most valuable lessons we should (but often don’t) learn in school is how to manage our time. Regardless of what we end up doing once we’re out of school, knowing how and where to spend our time is an essential life skill.<\/p>\n

Without time management skills, you will feel pressure, and there will never be enough hours in the day. You will overcommit and will stress yourself out about minor inconveniences. But, on the other hand, with<\/em> time management skills, you will complete more work than you ever thought possible, and you will effectively maintain a healthy work-life balance.<\/p>\n

Sounds pretty important, right? Here are 13 time-management tips they didn’t teach you in school:<\/p>\n

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  1. Investigate How You Are Currently Spending Your Time<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Set SMART Goals<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Visualize<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Wake Up Early<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Prioritize, Prioritize, Prioritize<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Put a Time Limit on Complex Tasks<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Review Your Deadlines Daily<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Use a To-Do List<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Say “No”<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Focus and Block Out Distractions<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Limit Social Media<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Get Your Hard Stuff Done Early<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Experiment with Half or Quarter Days<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Investigate How You Are Currently Spending Your Time<\/span><\/h2>\n

    When it comes to learning how to manage your time, the best place to start is by creating a baseline. To improve, you need tangible information on where you are spending and where you are wasting the most time.<\/p>\n

    You can audit your time the old-fashioned way or, ideally, use an app to help you. Using an app to track and record how you are spending your time is more generally better than doing so manually because the process is more seamless and doesn’t leave room for you to make creative edits about, say, how much time you spend (waste) on social media.<\/p>\n

    A few of the most popular time audit\/time management apps are:<\/p>\n