Time Management Through Task Templates - Fast Answers to FAQ's to Get You Started in No Time


by Paula Eder

Finding time is a universal quest. In fact, recent studies report that more free time is frequently valued more than extra money. But all too often, hard-won time is lost if you don't know how to marshall it effectively.

This is where task templates will help you. Task templates help you manage your time and shape your schedule in a simple, straightforward way. Once you start using them, you'll wonder how you ever got by without them!

Task templates FAQS:

Q: How will task templates help me?

A: Task templates make life go more smoothly and efficiently by preventing potential logjams, forgotten appointments, late charges, last-minute preparations and unsuccessful attempts to recall how a project was completed previously.

Task templates capitalize on what your mind does best, which is creating patterns. Those patterns highlight where you want to go and what you want to avoid in a given period of time. The human brain isn't engineered to remember, re-file and re-order multiple items without assistance. But the task templates you create will put everything in front of you quickly and clearly written out. This frees up your mind to assess your options, prioritize and launch into action. And that frees up your time.

Q: What kinds of activities can task templates help with?

A: Any repetitive activity with multiple steps can be streamlined with task templates.

Use them as a framework for your activities. By creating task templates, you develop a simple outline for your projects that you can refer to time after time. For example, they can help you with tax preparation, holiday planning, spring cleaning, packing for trips and financial reports

Q: How do I get started?

A: Follow this template and see how much time you save.

Task Template Step One: List activities or projects where a template would be helpful to you, using the examples above for a guide.

Task Template Step Two: Select one project you'd like to work with first.

Task Template Step Three: Jot down each activity associated with this project. If applicable, also include all supplies you will need.

Task Template Step Four: Order them chronologically.

Task Template Step Five: Place all the task templates you create in a loose-leaf notebook or in a dedicated file on your desktop. That will keep them easily accessible.

Task Template Step Six: Place your current template in the area where you will be using it. If you find it useful, you can print out many copies, posting them wherever you may want to use them.

Task Template Step Seven: Review your task templates to see if important areas have been overlooked. Revise accordingly.

Task templates are astonishingly versatile time management tools. The more you utilize them, the more constructive uses you'll imagine, the more confidence you'll place in them, and the more confidence you'll have in yourself.

Use task templates to focus your energy. Then draw on additional time management techniques to enhance their effectiveness, such as to-do lists, setting boundaries and visualizing the sequence of tasks.

Using these time management techniques often will help you combine them in creative ways. And the more success you will enjoy at finding time.

About the Author

Paula Eder, Ph.D., The Time Finder, has guided individuals and organizations to effectively align values with their time choices for 35+ years. For free weekly time tips & an award-winning monthly Ezine, visit http://www.findingtime.net/ezine.html And for even more time thoughts and techniques, visit our blog at http://www.thetimefinder.com

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