How To Eliminate The 4 Biggest Time Management Mistakes And Decrease Stress In Your Life!

As a patient of this office, you realize how much the stress in your life affects your health. Through the magic of computerized testing you have seen the way that stress affects your health by affecting the function of your nerves every time we do an exam on you.

Think how much your health will improve every time you do something to eliminate some stress.

Time management is one of the biggest stress areas in people’s lives . If you are busy, you are often stressed because you don’t have time to get things done. You then start to procrastinate.

Here are my top 4 ways to help decrease this stress by eliminating procrastination:

 1) You’re Not Focused.

If you have a big project that has to get done, it is common to have problems focusing on the matter long enough to solve the problem. – start with small goals.

Break large projects into smaller chunks, and complete one small job at a time. checking smaller jobs as done on a list gives you momentum to keep going. This is excellent motivation and it feels great.

For the more difficult jobs set a timer to only work 15 minutes on it that day. Often, once the timer rings, you’ll be making progress and will want to continue working, if not, at least you got some of the job done and you do it again tomorrow or that afternoon.

Lack of focus means a lack of goals… setting clear measurable goals with a deadline is important.

2) You’re Trying To Master Everything At The Same Time

Everyone feels like they’re spread too thin.

It can be really exciting when you are learning new things. You’re making progress and are successfully learning new skills or knowledge.  However, this can become overwhelming. As the learning progresses the amount of work often increases.

Take the time to slow down.  You may need to drop a few of the items you’re trying to master until a later date. All things are learn-able with practice. It often helps to break up tasks and master one thing at a time.

Choose the one area that you want to improve the most. Focus on that area first.

3) You Have A Lack Of Clarity

We’ve all had tasks that were not clearly laid out. Lack of clarity is a productivity killer. All jobs must be clearly defined.

Successful people are very clear about who they are and what they want, in every area of their lives. They have written plans of action that they follow every day. Do this in your life.

4) You’re Unsure Of How To Work Efficiently

Have you found yourself with so many tasks to do for a project that you can’t keep you head above water? You don’t know which ones should be completed first.

The A,B,C,D,E List…

The best thing that you can do when you’re unsure of how to work efficiently is to complete a simple exercise I like to call the A,B,C,D,E list. First, make a list of all the activities you need to get done in a day. After you’ve done this, go through your list and label each task with an A, B, C, D, or E.

A: tasks are tasks you absolutely must do or there will be serious consequences. Put an A next to those tasks.
B: tasks are tasks you should do or there will be minor consequences. B tasks are not as important as A tasks and the rule is you never work on a B task when there is an A task left undone.
C: tasks would be nice to do, but would have no consequences either positive or negative.
D: activities are activities that you can delegate to someone else.
E: tasks are tasks that you should eliminate. After all, you can only get your time under control if you eliminate tasks that are no longer necessary for you to do.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jack Belitz, DC

PS Time management strategies and tactics applied without a clear future vision will get you to a destination that holds no interest for you.

Once you are clear about your values, vision, and mission for your life and work, and you are clear about what it is you want to accomplish and the best way to achieve it, then, and only then, can you begin to apply some of the powerful time management techniques that are available to you.

PPS. Focus is easier if your nervous system is balanced. If you are having trouble focusing on these steps, stop in to get a check of your nervous system. Your brain works much more efficiently when the nervous system is feeding it steady signals rather than haphazard signals due to stress. The exam is simple and quick. Call the office at 402-333-4848 and mention this newsletter and the exam will be free.

Thomas Edison once said, “Opportunity is missed by many because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”