Time Management 101, Rene Gutteridge

I posted this series in December of 07 … for the most part I’m still practicing my own advice. What a novel concept! 🙂

I get TONS of requests on info on how I do everything, so … I’m sharing a few Time Management tips for balancing family, hubby, life, job, friends, house, etc. Basically this is how I keep my sanity!

I’ll be sharing advice from my friends and a few things I’ve done that have WORKED…like this:

Today Rene Gutteridge here to share her thoughts on managing your time!

The Hard Work of Rest

I wouldn’t call myself a work-aholic. Maybe I am and don’t know it. Denial is the first sign of, well, everything bad. But I don’t work 24/7 and I don’t constantly think about work. So….why does it feel like I do?

I began examining these things recently. It seemed there were never enough hours in the day. Even while sacrificing sleep and Oprah, I couldn’t find enough time to do everything. Even while multi-tasking myself to death, I never felt anything was ever completed. By the time I finished the week’s laundry, a new week started and I was back to doing laundry again. It baffled me because I can be very plan-oriented when I want to be. For instance, when I know I’m about to enter into a long conversation with someone by phone, I think, “This’ll be the perfect time to sort laundry.”

But I realized not too long ago that I was getting to an almost frenzied state of multi-tasking.

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