I have read some books about basic time management, such as Zou's Xiao Qiang's Promotion and Just Do It. Every time I read a book about time management, I think I have made progress on the road of time management, but in fact, I haven't applied it to my life after reading it, and I forget it in the blink of an eye. After all, knowledge can only be regarded as its own if it is internalized, otherwise it can only be regarded as the experience of others.
Someone told me that I have a full schedule every day and wanted to ask me how I manage my time. In fact, all along, I have not deliberately used a manual account book or application to manage time, but try to be goal-oriented and finish what I want to do every day. It was not until the last two months, when the epidemic experts improved themselves, that I gradually found a reasonable and effective way to use my time.
In fact, time management does not apply to everyone, but is adjusted according to our own actual situation. Some people use notebooks to manage their schedules, some use related applications to manage their time, and others combine paper and electronic.
Then how do I use my time to improve myself at home and keep exercising/reading/writing/getting up early every day? Let's take a look at the experience related to time management with practice!
0 1 Always follow the principle of priority.
Whether you are a professional, a student or a freelancer, there are bound to be all kinds of things every day. A famous method in time management theory is to divide the things to be done into important and urgent, important and non-urgent, unimportant and urgent, unimportant and non-urgent according to the four-quadrant method.
When thinking about what you want to accomplish, you can not deliberately divide the nature of the event, but please remember that it is best to put the urgent and important things first, even at the expense of shortening the time to complete other things. This will help to increase our sense of accomplishment and reduce our sense of guilt.
For example, the first important thing for me today is to revise and improve my graduation thesis opening report as soon as possible, and the second important thing is to finish the homework in the writing training camp, so I will consciously reduce the time to open WeChat and exercise, and use more time to complete important things. Time is limited and its use is flexible. It is best to always follow the principle of priority.
Make the timetable visual and goal-oriented.
To-do list, that is, to-do list, should be familiar to everyone. Some people will manually list their own to-do lists, and some people will use efficiency tools such as "checklist" App to plan a new day.
In the past, I seldom wrote down what I wanted to do, but occasionally an idea flashed by, and I was afraid I would forget it. But in recent days, I have gradually tasted the sweetness of writing things on paper and checking them one by one.
I once read in a book that writing down the things to be done one by one is equivalent to strengthening our cognition that we must finish it. When our brain receives the information we send, it will help us consciously try our best to complete every to-do list.
I call it making the timetable visual and goal-oriented. When I see what I want to finish today written in my notebook, I will arrange my time reasonably, make way for what I want to do, then tick off the to-do items one by one and end the day with a sense of accomplishment.
Compared with handwritten to-do items, some people may be more accustomed to using mobile apps or computer applications for schedule management, and the tools are wrong. It is important that we make good use of tools and arrange our time reasonably. Until recently, I didn't realize the joy of the handbook party ticking off the paper.
Do fixed things at fixed times.
I was deeply touched by the word "behavior pattern" seen by samurai Furukawa in Persistence, a Habit that can be formed, which means to let yourself do fixed things at a fixed time as much as possible. Even if our brain forgets to do something, our body will help us remember it, just like washing our face and brushing our teeth every day.
What I have to do every day is relatively fixed. The two exercises in a day are after getting up early and before dinner. Reading time is standing against the wall after dinner, and writing is usually carried out in stages before lunch and after dinner. According to the completion progress, the morning and afternoon are reserved for study-reading papers, reviewing notes and so on.
If one day I don't follow the programmed action, I will feel very unaccustomed. For example, I occasionally feel lazy and don't want to exercise in the morning. At first, my body didn't allow it, and I felt very unaccustomed. This is the power to do fixed things at a fixed time. So when Sister Tong Tong asked me how to arrange my time, I emphasized that I could try to do fixed things at fixed times.
Turn on the tomato clock and stay focused.
Pomodoro technique is also one of the famous time management methods, that is to say, choosing a to-do list, generally speaking, focusing for 25 minutes and resting for 5 minutes, is to complete a tomato clock.
During the tomato time, it is best to only do things related to the task, and reward yourself for 5 minutes after the task, which can not only improve work efficiency, but also enhance the sense of accomplishment.
I usually use the "Tomato ToDo」App to concentrate, and I am used to turning on the tomato clock every time I exercise/read/write/chew slowly, which has probably become one of the ritual feelings before I start to complete the plan. Once you don't use it, you will feel as if something is missing.
A friend's signature on WeChat is "I want to do too many things, and I'm afraid I don't have enough time to live". I remember now. The older you grow up, the more you will feel that time is an invaluable limited resource.
There is a lyric "When you find out that time is a thief, it has stolen all your choices". Time is fair to everyone. Do everything you want in precious time, and don't wait until time slips away to regret it.
If we manage our time well and strive to improve the efficiency of using time, I believe that even if the epidemic is at home, we can improve ourselves well!