Are you being useful?
We are all busy, busy, busy. How often do you say you are busy when someone asks you how you are? I have done this many times. Not that one has anything to do with the other.
Are you being useful?
We are all busy, busy, busy. How often do you say you are busy when someone asks you how you are? I have done this many times. Not that one has anything to do with the other. When someone asks you how you are, you generally reply with a feeling, I’m fine, great, not happy, etc. But being busy does not necessarily mean that you are being productive or useful.
So what does your busy look like? Are you running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off? Most of us are and it’s just because we are not intentional with what we are doing. We do a lot of stuff, but none of it really has a result.
At the office
You all know how some days at the office go. We arrive, put our stuff away, make a cup of coffee and start going through emails. Then the phone rings, then a collegue comes in to ask us something, we go back to emails, then you remember a payment you have to make. This is what most of our days look like, a set of random activities that don’t amount to much.
However, if you start the day intentionally and know what you want to get done, your day can still be seemingly chaotic, but you have a plan to get the things done that you intended. Every Monday morning I brainstorm possible things that I need to do for the week. Some things are rinse and repeat every week. But some weeks have added tasks eg when I am hosting a workshop on the weekend, I have added tasks to do in order to be prepared for the workshop.
Write down tasks
I put all the tasks down on a piece of paper and then I put each task in my diary over the week with a timeframe allocated to it. Sometimes I remember random tasks that I may have forgotten about and those I also put in my diary. This helps twofold, firstly when you write down your tasks you do not forget them. And you all, when you are so busy being busy, a lot of stuff slips through the cracks. Secondly, by the end of the week, you would have done all the things necessary to make your life easier and smoother. So even if you are interrupted, you still achieved your results.
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Hi, I’m Antoinette Porter, your hostess at Live Life Inspired where we will explore what is possible in your life. A life you can look back on and say, “Wow!! I did that!”
Now some of my clients say that they do have long, long lists of things to do during the day and they can’t seem to get through all of them.
So here I give them 3 tips.
Go through your list and ask yourself if they are really necessary, if not, delete them off your list. Your life won’t fall apart if you take something unimportant off your list, seriously!
Secondly, which tasks on your list can you delegate? You don’t actually have to do it all yourself, ladies. Ask for help. Don’t feel bad to ask for help. You may find people are only too willing to make things a bit easier for you.
Lastly, which tasks could you batch together to create more time for yourself or get them done faster. Eg you may need to phone your IT guy to sort out your emails and also that printer that is giving you hassles. Or getting out the electrician to fix a faulty plug, perhaps he could check the whole house to rule out any other faults. See where I am going with this?
When you work in this way, you are more organized, you probably feel more in control of your day and you have a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. And of course, you are feeling and being useful.
Create your dreams
This is how you create your dreams, the day-to-day tasks that don’t seem so exciting or even substantial. But when you do them every day, every month, it all adds up, before you know it you have created something you really want.
Try this out for the next month and pay attention to how you feel when you are so organized and getting your stuff done. By actually planning your day and getting things done, you will create so much more time for yourself that you could be doing something fun or relaxing.
Till next week.
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