Beginner Time Management

Time management is the most important asset one can have these days. I am sure you are not a stranger to this situation: you have too much you need to do, you do not have the time, and you see all your leisure time fade away as you calculate how you will be able to manage to do all these things on your to do list.

Not only do most people have a time management situation, they often fail to understand it correctly and most importantly, fail to comprehend the basic concepts of time management and implement them in their very busy lives.

Time management is not about doing too many things in less time but doing things at right time in right way. How you manage your time is part of your personal agenda. However, there are a few generic steps that help you manage your time in a better way.


The first step towards effective time management, and a regular time management routine is to set clear goals and targets, keeping your mind on the target and goal will assist you in getting where you want to go. Goal setting helps you be more focused and sets a direction for how the tasks should proceed. The goals should be clear and concise. Try and evaluate, realistically, how much time you have and what you want to achieve and than set a plan of getting it.

This planning will allow you to “see” time and plan how to use it, you will know how much time you want to allocate to any task and you will also have the ability to keep an eye on your advancement as you go along, taking more time if needed or delaying the goal when realizing it will take more time.

Prioritizing is the most important thing in time management, as you need to understand how to create an importance level and assign it to all the things in your life. Your time management will be as successful and as clear as the priority you give it in your life. An important point to be remembered here is that prioritizing does not mean doing only what is important and leaving out out the rest; rather it is doing what is important first and then proceeding with the rest.

Scheduling: Scheduling binds your prioritized tasks and goals in a time frame so that you get a productive outcome with your available time. A carefully made schedule motivates you to complete your tasks on time and cuts down on the time bandits by limiting the amount of time you spend on a particular task.