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I am relatively good at managing time at work. I manage myself pretty effectively and therefor do well in jobs with minimal supervision. I do, however like to have knowledgeable and helpful supervisors and managers who are there as a resource too, but as far as micro-managing goes, I don't need it.
The past two weeks have been truly an exercise of endurance. With a massively complicated deliverable going out and perfection being our only option in execution, it's been a
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01.29.09
@James: Sometimes you have to do exactly the opposite of what you'd expect in order to put this back into place. My advice? Slooooow down ...
Less caffeine, more sleep, more weekend time devoted you YOU.
Things are crazy busy at Brazen now, but if I didn't take some time out for just me. I'd be a train wreck.
01.29.09
I feel your pain -- I go to school full time and between my job, internship, and publications I write for I probably spend another 40 hours a week working in addition to school/studying. And I'm constantly trying to figure out how to manage my time better -- which I think is a learning process for all of us.
You have to figure out what will work for you -- can you sacrifice sleep and be fine, or are you one of those people who needs 7 hours of sleep for their sanity? Can you multitask? Can you shut off all the distractions when you need to? Do you have a routine for how you manage your time or do you go more with the flow? Can you work some on weekends?
And Ryan has a good point about taking time out for you, but make sure to learn balance. You definitely don't want to spread yourself too thin, but don't give up doing something that you love because of a time issue -- you can definitely work around it.
01.29.09
I really appreciate and like what I'm hearing from both Ryan and Nisha.
I guess I have fallen into the pattern of over-compensating for my anxiety about the bad economy and how it will affect me by putting everything I have and then some into my day job, when that's simply not the only important thing in my life that I care about. A tell-tale sign of imbalance.
What I'm hearing a lot is that there are priorities that need to be set and if you allocate yourself appropriately to all of them, all of your needs will be met as well as all of your external commitments. Ideally. When we start to lose control, we lose discipline and start to over-compensate.
01.29.09
I have some tips...take or leave but they really work for me.
1) shut email down for a least 2 hours a day. That sounds counter-intuitive for many folks, and not less so for me, I am an Computer Systems Analyst - my whole life is the computer but pick your time slot, maybe just 2 hours maybe 1/2 the day - but E-mail can be a vacuum of back and forth communication that eats time. So many of us in the IT field treat it like IM ( instant messaging) when we should be using IM!
2) I love lists, I make lots of them but the key to the list is a margin comment indicating how long you think each item on that list will take you. Once you get 8 hours worth on there stop and prioritize it and refine until its much less and realistic.
so example: 1. re-write report for project (30 minutes)
2. schedule team meeting, write agenda (10 min)
3. review warranty spreadsheets (30 minutes)
Either way, lunch away from your desk is critical, coffee breaks for 10 minutes to walk away also critical to productivity. Stretch, breath, think.
And keep in mind always...its only work, and its only money!
01.26.11
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