Most working mothers know this truth: you need to be on top of your time if you want to be making the biggest impact you can. But with only 24 hours in a day, what tends to get squeezed? All time for ourselves.
But here's a truth that we're NOT told: not all time management "problems" are not always caused by poor time management practices. In this episode, we look at the root causes of time management problems.
Whether you're overwhelmed looking at your to-do list, constantly putting off important project, or find yourself snapping at your partner at the end of a long day, you'll learn the root causes of what's really going on.
And you'll learn how to support yourself – even in a productivity culture that wants you operating on an assembly line – so you can start operating more strategically with your time.
What You'll Learn:
Why it's important to decide whether you have a boss or employee relationship to time BEFORE you decide on a time management system
How to support the natural ebbs and flows in your energy levels
The surprising way that decision fatigue derails our schedule
Moving out of "reactive" mode, to get strategic with our time
What's really going on when we're procrastinating, overworking, or constantly checking email
The 4 things that you can do with an emotion – and why it matters to your time
Featured in This Episode:
The classic I Love Lucy sketch: Lucy and the Chocolate Factory
4000 Weeks: Time and How to Use It, Oliver Burkeman. (Also called 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals in some markets.)
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