by Cheryl A. Clausen..
As you struggle with time management each day it all boils down to uncertainties about what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. Given that you know how to focus when you want to. Given that each day you write things down so you won’t forget or overlook them. Given that you understand the outcomes or results of your actions. Given that you know how to review your options and make choices. Why is developing an effective time management strategy so hard? Time management struggles are the outward manifestation of internal struggles. You can attempt to use all kinds of time management strategies, tips, techniques, and tools but until you understand the underlying drivers you are making cosmetic corrections. Your internal struggles arise from a combination of your own behaviors and motivators, and the miss match between your natural behavioral styles and the environment you’re trying to function in.

There are two aspects to time management. The first aspect is your time related behaviors. These behaviors are either natural to you or they’re adaptations for how you think you need to behave.

When you try to adapt your natural behaviors too much to fit into your environment you feel stressed out, overwhelmed, burned-out, and generally miserable and unhappy. If that describes your current feelings you may need to step back and review your environment. You may even need to remove yourself from your current environment and into one that is a better match for you. You simply may be the right person in the right job at the wrong company, or the right person in the wrong job at the right company. Something isn’t working and you need to know what isn’t working.

The other part of time management is your motivators. Everyone has one or two attitudes that you need to have fulfilled. When you’re doing things that fulfill those attitudes you feel energized, satisfied, and generally happy.

When you’re focused on tasks that motivate you time passes quickly because you’re enjoying yourself. Do the work or tasks you’re doing feel rewarding to you? You can’t expect to spend all day every day on rewarding tasks, but you definitely shouldn’t be spending the majority of your day doing things that make you feel exhausted, stressed, and strained.

It’s easy to stay focused when you’re in the right environment doing the right things. It’s easy to develop long-term plans working in the right environment doing the right things. Long-term plans help you to make decisions and choices each day that take you closer to the fulfillment of those plans.

One of the easiest time management solutions involves not knowing how to do something. When you know what you need to do, but you don’t know how you can learn how to do it yourself, or you can get the help of someone who does know how to do it. Don’t do it yourself unless it makes sense for you to learn how.

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