Time Management to Reduce Stress
Good Time Management Will Help Reduce Stress and Bring a Better Quality of Life
Time management is one of those things that can have a profound effect on your daily life. If time is managed well, you end up feeling organized, productive, effective, accomplished but on the other hand, if time is poorly managed, you end up feeling the opposite. Time management skills are especially important if you have a lot to do and want to do it well without stress or the risk of "burn-out". By effectively managing your time through better planning, you'll not only be able to accomplish your desired tasks, but you end your day feeilng productive and satisfied with yourself.
Poor time management can lead to a build-up of stress which gives way to anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and complete burn-out. It can contribute to poor sleeping habits, poor eating, and even have a negative effect on your relationships with your family and friends, even your boss at work. It can leave you feeling defeated, overwhelmed and just wanting to give up altogether.
When you master the time you have each day through prioritizing and planning, you will not only increase your quality of life but your overall satisfaction with your accomplishments.
Time Management Tips, Techniques & Strategies
Too much Time on Your hands?
Just as having too much to do can contribute to stress, so can not having enough to do. Sometimes, in life, there are situations where there are no real plans, no demands, or regular routine to be kept. Maybe you live alone, don't work anymore, or maybe you don't have many friends or extended family members. Whatever your situation, it is stressful to have too much time, just as it is to not have enough.
As stressful this can be, there are some things you can do to make your days feel accomplished and satisfying. You can begin by making a list of things you'd like to do and begin to do them. Even if your imagination isn't all that helpful at first, you can begin with planning daily exercises. Planning meals. Planning Day Trips. Get involved in a group, church or club that specializes in what you believe in, enjoy. Doing these things will open up the door to new opportunities for growth and of course, things to manage in your time. Don't sit by with too much time and too little to do - there is always something we can do that will reduce stress, and bring joy.
How busy is too busy?
The pros and cons of being busy are impossible to deny. As we know, being busy and using our time management effectively brings good feelings of accomplishment. However, there is such thing as being too busy. When overloaded schedules and chronic and you don't balance things out, you put yourself at risk for anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and even complete burn-out. These things can cause your life to come to a screaching halt as unwanted body symptoms result. It is just not worth power-housing everyday of your life without taking the proper time for yourself to do things. Always, use your time management skills with consideration to your stress levels. You deserve to live a balanced life without the complications of a mental health struggle. If you are experiencing symptoms of burn-out, there is a great, free webinar called Find Your Way Back From Burnout where Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, provides tips on how to detect early signs of burnout, offers ways to lower our daily stressors, and answers audience questions about how to fight back from feeling burned out. Even if you don't suffer from burn-out, the information may just help you avoid it in the future.
Additional Resources on Time Management
Sound-Mind.Org Homepage
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