Find Time to Start, AND to Finish ... Every Day!

The Time Finder with Paula Eder

The way you use your time is the way you live your life.

Find Time to Start, AND to Finish … Every Day!

Posted on February 20, 2009, under Time Boundaries.

Time Management isn’t simply about getting things done. It is about your time choices, time boundaries, time values – and how managing all of that affects the quality of your life (of which productivity is one piece). Too often, time management experts focus on efficiency, to the potential detriment of the rest of life.

My focus is on the whole of your life. I help you recognize and make time choices that will deepen and enlarge your moments, no matter what. I call it heart-based time management.

Time management is definitely NOT simply about filling your plate with more things to do. Saying “No” to one thing may be necessary in order to say “Yes” to another. Establishing and maintaining time boundaries is key to a healthy, fulfilling AND productive life!

For those of us who work at home, managing the time boundary between work and home can be challenging – and especially so if you are busy and love your work! There was a helpful post by Michele Connolly on The Get Organized Wizard this past week titled Home Office Productivity: Let Your Goodbye be Goodbye that offers some good ideas about ways to set (and keep) that key time boundary. Especially important is the boundary that ends your work day.

For any time boundary to work, it needs to be in sync with your values and priorities, and it needs to be something that you follow through on! Don’t be discouraged if you miss the mark – just try again, and keep trying. Tweak your boundary if necessary, but don’t let go of the thread!

How do you manage the time boundary between your home life and your work life? How do you put closure on your work day? This weekend is a good time to think about it and perhaps establish some time boundaries for next week.

What do you come up with? Leave a comment or drop me a line – I’d love to hear!

What if you could find another hour every day? You can! For more Time Finding resources, you are invited to sign up and download The New Finding Time Boundary Template. It’s FREE, and when you sign up you will also receive (if you don’t already) my FREE, weekly Finding Time Tips and my FREE, monthly Award-Winning Finding Time E-zine!

Let’s explore time together …

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