Effectively Manage Your Time in 2021 If you are slammed every second of the day, your personal and professional growth is at risk. Own your schedule with a few ideas. Like many of us, you probably spend your week devoted to staff meetings, planning sessions, or working on replying to never-ending calls and emails. If you do not take control of your schedule, and therefore your life, it can quickly be overtaken. As we all know, during the pandemic, most people are working remotely. Many co-workers expect or even assume that people are available at all hours of the day and night. Though you might not be in a strategic session, do not allow your time to be fully consumed. Try using three straightforward ideas to take back control of your schedule and build a more productive routine for yourself and your co-workers. Schedule time on your calendar. It never looks good when you decline a meeting or state you have a previous engagement on shared calendars when yours seems wide open. Just because you are not in meetings one after the next does not mean you have plenty of free time. Make sure to shield yourself from the common question, “can I run something by you?� requests, and arrange the actions you have, separate from meetings, onto your calendar. A good step when properly set up your calendar includes building specific blocks of your day and week when it is impossible for co-workers to schedule time with you. Everyone needs time on their schedule to work on the projects being discussed in all these meetings! So, set up your calendar for uninterrupted time to accomplish and finalize these tasks. If possible, during this blocked time, additionally set all communication platforms in silent mode. You will be more effective and productive with fewer interruptions. Now and again, schedule time in the likelihood that something will come up during the week. You never know when you may need a couple of extra hours set aside to focus on something new or to catch up on project task work returning calls or emails. Blocking this concentrated time on your calendar will create a safety net for your valuable time and provide you with a little wiggle room when adjustments are needed.
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