It seems like we should have plenty of time to complete all of our daily plans, after all there are 24 hours in a day. However, time seems to fly when you are as well as when you are not having fun. The days turn into weeks, the weeks turn into months and the months turn into years. After years of good intention without a timetable many projects are incomplete and even forgotten. What is it that determines whether or not a deadline is met and a project is completed in a reasonable amount of time instead of decades later? I am glad that you asked. The answer is time management, organization, and a journal. A journal is necessary to keep track of dates and what you did or did not accomplish and why? Time management is a scheduled date of execution for completing each phase of a project until it is completed and organization is the component that files and stores documents, records, and resources in there proper place to quickly access them as needed. What is the point of having one hundred dollars on hand for emergencies if you do not remember where you hid it for safekeeping?
Organization facilitates the efficient use of time and documentation of what worked and what did not work helps us to learn from our mistakes. There are five steps for organization, time management, and self-reflection.
- Survey you total living condition to prioritize what needs to be addressed immediately as well as what can wait.
- Create a list of five things that need to be completed each day during the week Monday through Friday.
- Keep a reflection journal to keep track of what you completed each day as well as what was not completed and why.
- Seek credible information as needed to complete projects because no one knows everything.
- Celebrate those things that were completed during the week on Saturday and give thanks to the LORD for the good and bad on Sunday! If you continue this process you will be able to get everything done expeditiously!