The article brought to your attention will not touch upon the basics of time management, methods of dividing tasks into primary and secondary ones, principles of organizing working time, etc. Enough has already been written about this, and best advice I can’t give you anything better than reading specialized books on time management (primarily those presented on this site). The purpose of this article is to familiarize yourself with a very specific system of recording and organizing time that I myself use.
The proposed system for recording and organizing time was developed during 2004. The diary began in February 2004, and this practice continues to this day. Gradually, the system underwent some changes, was trimmed and adapted to current tasks. Today, she has finally gained enough slenderness and strength for me to risk bringing her to the public court. I hope that the proposed system will be useful for people who want to establish some order in their own lives. At least my experience allows me to hope so.
The diary is kept in a regular Excel file. The capabilities of this program allow you not only to conveniently plan your day, but also to sort tasks, maintain an archive and monitor the time spent.
TIME ACCOUNTING
By plotting an Excel sheet in a certain way, you can easily and conveniently take into account the time during the day. To do this, use the following diagram:
In the figure, each hour (the top line indicates hours) is divided into 4 columns, that is, the accuracy of time recording is 15 minutes. Greater accuracy makes accounting inconvenient, while less accuracy allows for too large losses during accounting.
The leftmost column reflects typical time expenditure graphs (chtn - reading, rbt - work, doc - maintaining documents, everyday life - solving everyday problems, lchn - personal time, rzvl - entertainment, dv - movement, nchg - nothing, loss of time).
Over the course of the day, the elapsed time intervals are filled in. To simplify calculations, the number “1” is used as a placeholder. Then, using Excel formulas entered into the appropriate columns (the formulas are written in the example file attached to the article), it will automatically calculate the time spent on a particular type of activity.
At the end of the day, the time sheet looks like this:
This scheme, if desired, allows you to restore the entire day (overslept, quickly got ready, went to work, worked, chatted with a colleague, worked, had lunch, worked, went to a meeting, waited for a late partner, held a work meeting, returned to the office, reported to the boss, went home, had dinner, read, watched a movie, got ready for bed, read before bed, summed up the day, fell asleep).
But in practice this is rarely required, so most days are left with brief summaries of the time spent. They look like this:
Such summaries allow you to soberly assess how much time is spent on a particular type of activity, and, in addition, derive an average based on the results of the week or month. Further, if desired, you can draw conclusions about the need to devote more or less time to one or another type of activity.
PLANNING
Let's start with a regular daily task sheet. In my version it looks like this (SEG tab, today):
As you can see, the sheet uses 4 working columns: St – status; Вр – time; Fri – priority; and a column to indicate the day and task description.
A detailed discussion about the “Status” column will follow below. The “Time” column, I think, requires no explanation. Now we will focus on the “Priority” column. It uses the following signs:
! – main task for the week
!! – part of the weekly task to be completed on the current day; or a secondary task for the week
30 – priority tasks for a specific day (tasks for which the time is determined or subject to determination)
40 – priority daily tasks
50 – less important daily tasks
60 – tasks to determine the results of the day
70 – summing up the day
80 – tasks to determine the results of the week
90 – summing up the week
Knowing this classification, it is quite easy to both distribute tasks for the day and plan them for the week. The weekly plan in my file looks like this:
The actual weekly plan can be seen at the bottom of the page. Immediately below the column indicating the first and last days of the week, tasks for the week are written down. This is followed by the designations of each individual day, under which specific tasks for that day are written.
The columns at the top of the page are daily and weekly tasks, which are simply copied into the corresponding sheet when drawing up a daily plan.
The monthly plan is drawn up using the following scheme:
EFFICIENCY MARK
Now let's return to the analysis of the "Status" column. It is this column that allows you to evaluate the effectiveness of your days. The “Status” column indicates whether the intended task has been completed or not. There are 3 possible signs used to indicate status:
V – completed
B – partially fulfilled, or not fulfilled due to objective reasons
N – not completed
During the day, as tasks are completed, the sheet takes on the following form:
Using the “sorting” function (menu item – Data), you can automatically sort tasks:
With this sorting (Status => Priority => Time), all completed tasks will be at the top of the list. You can no longer pay attention to them, focusing it on the remaining tasks.
At the end of the day, when all the columns are filled in, the proposed system allows you to impartially and objectively assess the effectiveness of time use.
The task sheet at the end of the day looks like this:
Using different colors after sorting allows you to clearly show the effectiveness of the day.
In the example given, out of 13 tasks for the day, 9 were completed, 3 were not completed, and 1 was not completed due to objective reasons. Considering that points “B” are counted as 0.5/0.5, the results of the day look like this: total – 13; plus – 9.5; minus – 3.5. I consider the day successful if there are more than two-thirds of the total number of “plus” tasks; half successful - from half to two thirds of the total; unsuccessful - if there are more than half of the “minus” tasks. Other proportions are possible, depending on your demands on yourself.
A similar system is used to evaluate the effectiveness of the week. In the archive, the past week looks like this:
A similar system is used to evaluate the performance of months and years. Month:
In the same way, it is possible to sum up the results of a year, a decade, and so on, right down to summing up the results of your whole life :)
You can also store your own telephone directory in one file with task and time sheets.
It is especially convenient to use the proposed system if you have a pocket computer. In this case, the file with task and time sheets will always be with you, and you can make changes to it as the day progresses.
You can simply print task and time sheets on a printer. I recommend leaving a certain number of boxes empty so that you can fill in any tasks that arise as the day progresses.
I hope that the system outlined above will be as useful to you as it helped me organize my life. Good luck!
Alexey Fedorov, December 2004 Contact: [email protected]. Editing – Gleb Arkhangelsky,
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The key to your success is a well-designed schedule and house rules. Moreover, this applies not only to the work space, but also to your private life. You shouldn’t take the article as truth in the first instance, but it still wouldn’t hurt to listen to our recommendations: everything has been tested on yourself.
Making a daily routine: unshakable rules
So where does order in your day begin? Of course, from the structure and understanding of all future affairs. Spend a few minutes planning, an integral part of creating a to-do list. In this difficult undertaking, rely on the following few rules:
- When creating a to-do list, consider the “Frog” rule. A frog is a task that you don’t want to do, but really need to do. So put this task at the very beginning of your day - start with it. Then, during the next working hours, you will be able to devote more time to creative tasks, and nothing will hang over your soul.
- You should spend 5 minutes morning and evening making a to-do list. We woke up, drank coffee and opened our diary - this is what the morning of a productive person looks like. Write down by the hour all your tasks for the coming day, and then calmly begin to follow the plan. The same thing before going to bed - plan out the whole tomorrow evening, and in the morning make changes depending on the state of things.
- No more than 4 important things a day! And this is not the last limitation for your results.
- Set aside no more than an hour for each important task. If the duration of a task is predicted to be more than 1 hour, then it should be divided into subtasks - smaller tasks leading to the achievement of the main goal. And again: no more than 1 hour for each task!
- Leave an extra 15 minutes for each task in case you get behind schedule. Somewhere these 15 minutes will be used, but somewhere they will not be useful. The result will be a temporary balance, which is what each of us strives for.
Our manual on how to properly create a daily routine begins with these rules. But besides planning, what else will be useful to us?
Time management basics for your day
Are you afraid of this word? Calmly! Time management- this is not a wolf, but there are still similarities with the beast: it is merciless, because it is control over our main resource in life - time.
Large companies have recently begun to create positions of time managers who are responsible for optimizing employees' working time. Now do you understand why we need this? With the help of time management, you will not only learn how to plan wisely, but also how to use your free time.
Rule 1. Concentrate on one specific task. Don't let anyone or anything distract you from the thing you're working on at the moment.
Rule 2. You already know how to properly create a daily routine. Now it's time to get to work! Follow your plan strictly.
Rule 3. It's time to draw up some rules for the internal routine of your life. This may apply to both work and personal life - it doesn’t matter, the main thing is to follow them flawlessly.
Rule 4. Choose a time management technique that suits you. Experts have formulated several very interesting and working hypotheses that will help you solve problems. Now I’ll briefly talk about some of them, and as soon as you find one that suits you (focus on productivity), add it to your rules.
Time management methods: looking for the right one
To list and talk even briefly about each of the existing methods is an empty exercise. I will outline the most popular and, in my opinion, effective ones, but it’s up to you to decide. So, which method should you choose to create your house rules?
It would be great to always have a universal collection of time management tools on hand. We have prepared a universal list of 25 time management techniques, divided into categories for prioritizing, planning and organizing the process of work and rest.
Prioritization
1. ABC Analysis
This technique is based on expressing the most important and least important items as a percentage. All tasks are divided into three classes depending on their importance:
A. The most important cases, which make up 15% of the total number of cases and their contribution to achieving goals is 65%.
B. Important tasks – 20% of their total number, significance for achieving the goal is 20%.
C. Less important tasks are equal to 65% of their total number, and their importance is 15%.
To use ABC analysis, you must do the following:
- make a list of all future tasks;
- divide them by importance and establish a priority;
- evaluate tasks accordingly in categories A, B and C;
2. Eisenhower Matrix.
Tasks are divided into groups according to urgency and importance:
A – Urgent and important matter
B – Not urgent, but the matter is more important
C – Urgent but not important matter
D – Not urgent or important
Depending on the group in which the task falls, the order of its execution or delegation depends.
3. Pareto method
The Pareto method is a distribution of tasks according to the 80/20 principle: 80% of problems can be solved in 20% of the time spent; The remaining 20% of tasks consume 80% of the time spent.
Planning
4. List of all things to do
Writing down absolutely everything will help when planning the amount of work for the day, week, month. You will also be able to clearly see your workload and the ratio of important and not very important tasks. Moreover, if such a list is always at hand, the question “What to do?” will be resolved immediately.
5. Accounting for biological rhythms
When planning your tasks, you should take into account not only whether you are a morning person or a night owl, but also your peak productivity. It can be determined by observing your performance throughout the day. It would also be a good idea to determine a suitable time for lunch. rest and self-development.
6. Keep diaries
Organize previously recorded tasks into the system: an entry in a diary, an excel table, an application on your phone, etc. The main thing is that you have an idea of the amount of work for the day and do not forget even the smallest assignment.
7. The right tools
All kinds of applications are our weapon in the fight against procrastination and time traps, so it’s better to update your arsenal. Read the most convenient and proven programs and applications for making lists and teamwork.
8. “Timekeeping” technique
The “Timekeeping” technique is the recording of time for any task, even such primitive ones as morning exercises or lunch. You write down every task you spend time on, so within a week you can solve the following tasks:
- determine where your time is being spent;
- identify chronophages, that is, “time eaters”;
- develop a “sense of efficiency” and a “sense of time.”
9. Formula 10-3-2-1-0
To use this technique, you need to remember the formula that describes a healthy work and personal time schedule and stick to it when creating a daily plan.
10 hours before bed: no caffeine.
3 hours before bedtime: no food or alcohol.
2 hours before bed: no work.
1 hour before bed: no electronic gadgets.
0 times: This is the number of times you can press the snooze button on the alarm clock.
10. Gantt chart
A Gantt chart is a reliable technique for visually displaying tasks and time. On one scale of the schedule, tasks are indicated, and on the other, the time to complete them. Ideal for lovers of graphs that can be compiled in MS Project, Excel.
Organization of work and rest
11. Pomodoro technique
How to do it: set a timer for 25 minutes, work concentratedly, without distractions until the timer rings, then take a break for 5 minutes. After 4 repetitions, we take a long break - 20-25 minutes. This way you constantly alternate between work and rest, change activities and avoid overwork.
12. Eat a frog
A frog is the most unpleasant thing. It's best to deal with it first. After completing it, the task itself will seem less scary and disgusting, and other tasks will seem completely easy.
13. Salami method
How to eat a stick of sausage without being noticed? Cutting off small pieces. You need to do the same with all complex, multi-component tasks: divide them into small parts and complete one every day.
14. Delegation
If you are a manager, delegate those tasks that take a lot of time and are not important, and focus on more strategically important tasks.
15. Keep things in stages
Strive to do things sequentially, finish one thing first, and only then start another. We have already told you that when switching from one task to another, it takes about 10-15 minutes to fully concentrate on the process. Constantly jumping from task to task, you waste time, although it creates the illusion of hard work.
16. At least 10 minutes
This technique does not relate to work matters, but rather to personal growth and self-development. For example, if you have long wanted to learn or remember a foreign language, try to devote at least 10 minutes a day to it. The same goes for sports, books, etc.
17. "Found Time"
The essence of the technique: identify in advance a list of 15-20 small tasks for which you do not have enough time, and be ready to do them when you have any suitable “window”. Constantly add to the list.
18. Work is the best way to start doing something.
There are days when productivity is at zero and work is hard. In this case, to overclock it, it is better to start working with small tasks: mail, calls, tasks that will take no more than 20 minutes to complete.
19. Make important appointments in the morning
20. Divide your work time into blocks
Divide your work processes into blocks: calls and mail, meetings, work on a project, etc. This will help you create time for focused work throughout the day.
21. Set deadlines for everything
Even the smallest task must have a deadline, otherwise the flow of tasks “for later” will drag on forever.
22. Immersion in work
Set aside a day or two to complete your priority tasks, eliminating distractions such as calls and meetings.
23. Say “no”
“No” is a powerful word. When you say no to a new commitment, you show respect for the ones you've already made and give yourself the opportunity to successfully keep them. Remember that when giving consent, you must refuse or cancel something.
24. Fight the “tyranny of the urgent”
The “tyranny of the urgent” refers to small, unimportant tasks that need to be completed right now. This creates a big problem because immediate action usually has very little effect. Having succumbed to the “tyranny of the urgent,” it will be difficult to get rid of it and, accordingly, to allocate time for something more important.
25. Prepare for tomorrow before leaving the office.
A great way to end your workday is to prepare for the next one. Summarize the day, make a plan for the next day, put your desk in order.
Time management for managers
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Wake up on time, no problem - a task for morning time management.
First What you must remember: the later you go to bed, the more difficult it will be to get up. In order to go to bed earlier, you should practice time management, figure out why you don’t have time to finish your work by ten o’clock in the evening and calmly go to bed at 23:00 in order to meet the morning at 07:00. This path is not easy, but effective.
If communication in in social networks or watching exciting TV series at night greatly enriches you and helps you find the meaning of life, then you shouldn’t worry about morning torment. You know why you are suffering, right? But if you are a reasonable person, and I know a lot of such responsible people, then every evening you will ask yourself the question: “What is more important for me now: to look at the news from the lives of my countless virtual friends or to go about my life and get some sleep?” So solve the problem of bedtime yourself in accordance with your priorities.
No matter what time you go to bed, on a working day you still have to wake up early. But how much time will you spend lying in bed? To minimize it (especially in autumn and winter) and spend your free 20 minutes, for example, on breakfast and a contrast shower, buy yourself a light alarm clock. It will help you wake up more comfortably with a powerful lamp. Scientists have already proven that waking up from sunlight (or its imitation) is much easier and more pleasant than from various alarm clock sounds in the dark.
When you woke up and got to work, an important question of daily time management arises: how to start the working day? Here is my version of starting the working day.
So, you come to the office, pour yourself some coffee and sit down at your desk. Now, before you turn on your computer and dive into social media, think about your plans for the day. To somehow motivate you, I will say that in 2012, the research service of one large company conducted a survey of 2,147 managers and found out that almost half of them plan their working hours every day. And since they have become leaders, having such a habit, it is not a sin for us to try to introduce it into our daily practice.
I like the I-shaped daily routine system, which is very simple and does not take much time. It's called that because it consists of three parts, like the English letter I: a 15-minute morning planning (horizontal bar of the I), a long check-in phase that lasts your entire work day (vertical stick), and a final review (second horizontal bar). .
Top of the I-shaped daily routine- This is the time to create a plan for the upcoming working day. In these 10-15 minutes, you must decide on those tasks that have already been assigned and very accurately estimate the time required for them. It is important not to forget to take into account travel time if you have to travel somewhere.
Write down all expected or predictable events. They can happen with varying degrees of probability, but you must be prepared for them and set aside time for this. This includes telephone calls, correspondence with clients, etc.
And very important in advance, right in the morning, allocate time in your plan for lunch and warm-up. Then later you will not be able to refer to your employment. Because organized people manage to take care not only of completing tasks on time, but also of their well-being, on which this effectiveness largely depends.
And don't try write down lunch and warm-up in the “expected events” block! If you want to improve your personal effectiveness, consider them "already assigned."
Another important point- Schedule time free from work. No, not for relaxing at work! And to complete unexpected or urgent tasks. This will be your emergency reserve, your reserve, your secret weapon against the unexpected. After all, if your day is scheduled minute by minute, you have no room for mistakes, standing in traffic jams, delaying negotiations, or partners being late. You must be responsible for everything. But this usually only leads to stress and a feeling of loss of control over the situation and complete helplessness. Doesn't that sound a lot like smugly ticking boxes of completed tasks on time?
Therefore, leave 30% of your working time for unforeseen circumstances. And if that doesn’t happen, just continue doing your thing. I suspect you have more things to do than dig from here to lunch, and you always have something to do.
But a brilliant plan- that's just part of the success. The plan must be carried out. So jump straight into the second part of the I-shaped daily routine. This stage begins almost immediately after completing the first and lasts 8-9 hours, when you continuously monitor yourself and your plan: note changes, change the time allotted for some tasks (except lunch and warm-up!), rearrange, add and cross out tasks and actions.
Regular control will help you learn to plan your working days more clearly and move more tasks from the “expected” block to the “assigned” block. After all, honestly, your days at the office aren’t all that different from each other?
So By monitoring and editing your plan, you will get to the bottom of the I, which involves (of course!) summing up the day. 10-15 minutes before the end of your working day, remember everything that happened and adjust your work schedule in retrospect, trying not to miss a single event.
Does this seem like a waste of time to you? You are wrong. In reality, you are doing two important things at once: you are completing today's tasks and preparing for tomorrow's, moving unfinished or uncompleted tasks to other days so that nothing is missed. Second, you gain experience for continuous improvement by noting the actual duration of each event, likely problems and your planning mistakes.
Adjusting the schedule of the past day, ask yourself what you can do to improve it. For example: “Why did today’s meeting take so long? Is there a way to shorten the duration of the meeting next time?”, “How much time did you spend traveling around the city today? How can you plan your route better and fit it into your work schedule?”
Certainly, I understand that by the evening you are already quite tired and want to quickly leave the empty office. But remember that successful athletes, doctors, psychologists, and coaches always spend a lot of time analyzing past events, since learning lessons from the past is part of their work and the key to stellar success. Why don't you use these I-shaped views to continually improve and work more efficiently?
Well now, after work or study, your personal time begins. And, oddly enough, it also needs to be planned. We’ll talk to you about how to do this in another article.
Time management
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Why and who needs time management?
The latest trends in society do not pass without leaving a trace - their influence is directly related to the free time of each of us. Over the past decades, human life has changed in such a way that new responsibilities and new temptations have appeared.
Speaking of the latter, it is worth mentioning that the temptations to waste time are the first obstacle to time management. With the advent of the Internet in people’s lives, many opportunities have appeared to “pass away” time, or in other words, to spend it ineffectively. It was the same with television a few years ago, and so on.
Does this mean that time management is only needed by those who spend time on social networks or spend it watching TV? Of course not. You can waste a lot of time without benefit by working 24 hours a day, which at first glance seems useful. You need to build your plans correctly in order to successfully complete several tasks at the same time. Therefore, time management will be useful for absolutely every person.
Consequences of lack of time management
Several areas of activity are focused on the study and development of this area: psychologists, managers, businessmen and other specialists in their field. Thanks to this, today we can say with confidence that the lack of time management is the cause of the following problems:
⦁ Insomnia
⦁ Stress
⦁ Depression
⦁ Loss of strength
⦁ Decreased performance
This list can be continued endlessly. After all, improper planning of the day prevents you from achieving your plans, causes excessive fatigue, which entails stress, and then depression. How to deal with this? We will talk about this below.
How to plan your time correctly?
Studies by psychologists and managers have shown that too much free time affects a person just as badly as too much work. Therefore, the very first rule of time management is commensurate time for work, rest and sleep. The best duration of sleep should not be less than 7 and more than 8 hours.
As for the remaining 16 hours, which are allotted for work and rest, an individual approach is important here. In order to maintain productivity at the desired level, you cannot spend all the remaining time working. But the rest time should be minimal, sufficient to maintain tone.
You need to plan your day yourself. It is important to understand that time management is not about making plans for the day. This is a much longer and more serious process, which consists of:
⦁ Analysis of goals, formation of tasks based on analysis
⦁ Determining the degree of importance of each task
⦁ Making a plan
⦁ Execution of the plan
⦁ Analysis of the work done
⦁ Drawing conclusions and adjusting the plan in accordance with real facts
Formation of tasks using the “Tree of Goals” method
The goal tree technology will help to analyze and formulate tasks. This technique is used in various areas of business and everyday life. For clarity, it is drawn in any convenient way, starting with the most important goal.
For example, you need to create your own business. On initial stage for this you will need 3,000,000 rubles (this is determined based on analysis). You plan to receive this money in three ways: your savings + investor deposits + subsidies from the state. This means that your tasks for the near future will consist of three branches of the “tree”. A visual method for constructing a goal tree is shown below. 
To construct such graphs, there are many programs with which you can draw your goal tree in two clicks.
Drawing up a plan using the ABC technique
To plan your time, you can use a notepad or notebook, a gadget program or a service. Based on the compiled tree of goals, you need to draw up a detailed plan of actions and tasks, based on which you can plan your time in advance. For example, the date of defending a business plan and holding a conference is already known. Therefore, you can set this task on a designated day in advance.
As for daily tasks: work, household chores, meeting with family - here you will need to create a schedule. It will take a lot of time to create the right plan for each day. Start by planning for the coming days. To do this, write down a chaotic to-do plan with the approximate amount of time each item will take.
Next, use the ABC sorting system. Her technique is simple: divide all tasks according to importance into three groups. Group A – things that will take 20% of the time but will bring 80% of the results. Group B – things that will take 30% of the time, but will bring 15% of the results. And group C - things that require 50% of the time and bring 5% of the results.
This technique helps you clearly see how important your business is and how commensurate the time spent is with its benefits. After sorting your plans using the ABC technique, distribute your tasks over the coming days so that every day you have to carry out plans from three groups at once. This is done in order not to overload one of the days with too difficult work.
By differentiating the work by complexity and duration, you will be able to achieve the best efficiency.
Analyzing the correctness of the plan
When making a plan for the coming days according to the ABC principle, you are guided by intuition and rely on logic. But the best advisor in time management is a fact. Therefore, when implementing the plan, adjust the time that actually took to complete each item. Take notes several times, then analyze.
When analyzing, do not forget to take notes about what caused your loss of strength during the day and what caused your tide. This is extremely important because no plan will improve your time efficiency if you do it while tired. You also need to work on creating a cheerful mood.
You will notice that your day consists of two types of tasks: periodic and one-time. You perform the first daily, and the second only once. Analyzing already completed plans, try to deduce perfect formula to complete the first. Since these things are constantly present in your life, you can schedule them for years in advance and work out the most effective system their implementation.
Pareto principle
You have already met the Pareto Principle earlier, at the stage of drawing up a plan. Its essence is that 20% of effort brings 80% of the result. When planning your day, week, month and even year, be sure to take this law into account. Analyze your plans, compare tasks with each other and identify the most productive ones.
Conversely, think twice about the importance of tasks that take up 80% of your time and produce only 20% of the results. Perhaps they can be abandoned or another way to solve them can be found.
Unplanned tasks and the Eisenhower matrix
Over time, you will notice that it is not always possible to fulfill the plan. Sometimes something unexpected can happen that requires you to waste time. And since your day was scheduled, you won’t have time to do anything on your to-do list.
In order for unplanned tasks to cause the least damage to your daily routine and performance, you need to determine the degree of importance of the task that suddenly arises and the time it will require. You should not do it by sacrificing time for sleep or rest. It is better to review the to-do list and move the item that is equivalent in time to the task that has arisen, but is less important.
To find this point, which you can carry over to later, create an Eisenhower matrix. Its principle is based on two intersecting vectors (as well as the X and Y axes). The Y axis determines the degree of urgency of the matter, and the X axis determines the importance. Distribute your plans on this plane and find the least important and least urgent thing at the same time. Transfer it to the next days.
Time to rest
The optimal time to spend on rest should not exceed 8 hours. Of course, in the conditions of modern life, the person who has the opportunity to spend 8 hours on vacation can be called lucky. Moreover, sleep has nothing to do with this. These are those 8 hours that can be spent meeting your family, walking in the park, visiting the opera, etc.
When planning your day, it is important to be completely honest with yourself and understand your body correctly. At first, you will need to experiment and rest for different amounts of time, and then write down the results and describe how you feel during the day. Using this method, you can find the only right amount of time for you, which will allow you not to overwork, but at the same time not to relax to the point of laziness.
Conclusion
The pace of life that most people are accustomed to, based on a five-day work schedule, is not correct. We are used to spending Saturday and Sunday on entertainment, that is, all 48 hours. After a hard week of work, such a long break for the body is comparable to a sharp change in temperature or oxygen level in the air. And weekdays often don’t leave even half an hour for rest. All this negatively affects the body, well-being and performance of a person.
In this regard, it is extremely necessary to properly manage your time. This is where the science called “Time Management” helps.
