How can I prioritize these tasks in the limited time I have? Help!?

Question

Okay, so in my life at present, I have several priorities like looking for another job, studying for an exam that I have to take in 3 months, home projects that I need to get started on to organize stuff and make my home a lil more welcoming to people, starting a second job to supplement my income, serious regular volunteering (which will also help my next job), daily physical fitness, as well as some downtime to do some art projects for fun. Now, ALL of this is important to me. So, in the 4 hours I have left in the evening after work (after dinner and settling down) as well as the 2 days of weekend, when I also wanna just Relax and do nothing, HOW in the world can I fit all these in??? It's driving me nuts. I am ending up accomplishig nothing.

Answer 1

Budget your time like you would a monthly financial budget.

Seriously, take your 24 hour day and physically write in and dedicate the time you need for sleep, cooking, downtime, exercise, shopping, relaxing, commuting to work, studying, looking for a job, networking, working, etc....

And be sure to leave some wiggle room for you to be able to flake out and take care of yourself.

After a couple of weeks, it will be a routine and you will find time that you never knew you had.

One way to pull this off is to create a diary of your week. By marking down what you are doing and when you are doing it, you can go back and determine ways to make your week more efficient.

For instance: You may find that you are driving across town to pick up your laundry, then going in another direction to eat lunch with a friend, and then having to go another direction to interview or go to a gym.

You find that you spend 2-4 hours driving. Yet, planning of the day, or the next couple of days could eliminate half of that time by moving one of the duties to a date when you will be in the same area for another reason.