Franklin County

Prioritizing Your Time -  Part 2

Time is a unique resource in that everyone is given a gift of 24 hours each day. How you invest that gift is a major factor in how you feel about your life. The best thing you can do is take charge of your time and invest yourself in those things that matter most in your life.

Try using one the following methods be more effective with your time:

• Protect your blocks of time. Think of your day as several large blocks such as the morning, afternoon
  and after-dinner block. Schedule appointments and meetings and run errands at the beginning or end of a block rather than in the middle.

• Delegate. Assign the responsibility for a task to someone else. You may have to shift your standards a bit. “Done” may be “good enough.”

• Buy time. The more hectic your schedule, the more reasonable it may be to buy time by selecting goods and services that save you from investing time. Paying someone to mow your lawn is an example.

Source: “Time Effectiveness: Prioritizing Your Time,” GH6653 publication from University of Missouri-Columbia: Human Environmental Sciences Extension.
           

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		Franklin County University of Missouri Extension Center FranklinCo@missouri.edu Last revised: 08/21/08