The Detour Services News Source » time management http://blog.detourservices.com Executive Assistant and Personal Assistant Services for Chicago's northside Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:58:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Organizing Time Is Just Like Organizing Spaces http://blog.detourservices.com/2009/01/organizing-time-is-just-like-organizing-spaces/ http://blog.detourservices.com/2009/01/organizing-time-is-just-like-organizing-spaces/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:51:57 +0000 Marie http://blog.detourservices.com/?p=269 Organizing Time in PlannersAs we all get deeper into this new year, don’t forget that organizing your time uses the exact same process as organizing your spaces. To be organized, you cannot treat time as if it is intangible.

Time provides the containers and compartments into which your actions and events must go. For example, you only have so much space on your desk. If you want to put another lamp on it, you’ll have to take something away to make room. The same principle applies to your time. We only have so many hours in our day, and we have to organize accordingly.

Being organized means more than knowing where your possessions are. It also means that you are not late, you are not double-booked, and you are not behind on your responsibilities.

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