Here in my hand I have 5 ways to get a life!
These come from workplace expert Julie Morgenstern, and we found them in Oprah’s “O” magazine.
- Shorten your workday by 30 minutes. You’ll actually get more done than if you work your usual nine or ten hours. That’s because committing to leaving earlier gives you a deadline and forces you to eliminate all the time wasters that eat up your day – like silly interruptions, procrastination, and perfectionism.
- Avoid multi-tasking. Recent studies show that it can take the brain twice as long to process each thing it’s working on when it has to switch back and forth. By learning to focus fully on one project at a time, you can actually regain the extra hour or two that you crave.
- Get a life: Stop relying solely on yourself. Insisting on doing everything yourself burdens you and prevents others from feeling valuable and needed. Delegate more at home and at work to free you up for the things you enjoy and excel at.
- Put all your to-do lists in one place. People who write lists on stray pieces of paper, post-its and the back of napkins waste time wondering where that darn note is! Choose only one tool to keep your notes and lists – a notebook, a palm pilot, whatever. Then prioritize the lists from the top down and do your biggest to-do first. You can always fit the smaller, easier stuff into the cracks. But conquering your biggest to-do gives meaning to your day.
- Schedule one purely joyful activity each week – something that brings you instant happiness. Put it in your datebook as non-negotiable and the quality of your life will transform.
