Time Management & Organizational Skills

BOTTOM LINE Consider everything we HAVE to do and WANT to do. Understand how much time each activity in a day will take. Make a plan that helps us get through a day, week, or month without running around like a total wacko. Organize your priorities and NOT your schedule.

Have-To’s, Want-To’s, and Goals Have-To’s Family responsibilities School and homework Sleep Eating and personal hygiene

Have-To’s, Want-To’s, and Goals Want-To’s Activities Chill time

Goals Short-term goals Long-term goals

Time Budget

Choose Priorities From day to day Remember the big things Think about what is urgent Think about the CONSEQUENCES of not spending time on it Over the long term What do these things mean to my life? Is this a now-or-never situation? Am I doing this for me or someone else?

Let’s ORGANIZE Room Book bag Notebook “Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.”