My Monday Off.

Sometimes the weeks are so long that the weekend doesn’t rejuvenate you.  I am sure you all know what I mean.  Today I am going to take on board some suggestions for time control that I saw on the Modern Goddess blog.  Nicole has some great suggestions to follow to help avoid that burnout.  Try some yourself to help you get through this tiring end of the year.

1. List everything you need to do today - in order of priority.

2. Make time for important things, not just urgent ones.

3. Write your goals. Then write the steps to your goals.

4. Set a starting time as well as a deadline for all projects.

5. Slice up big projects into bite-size pieces.

6. If you run out of steam on one project, switch to another project but try not to have too many projects on the go at once.

7. Remember you are allowed to say “no” when you are overloaded.

8. Drop low-payoff activities from your schedule.

9. For each paper that crosses your desk: act on it, file it or toss it.

10. Use a diary to manage you busy life, and use it to write up your urgent and important tasks.