Heidi Rae Coaching - Time Management

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What if time management can aid in our ability to improve our self validation?! First, let's talk self-management and time-management.

Self-management (which will guide our self-validation journey) is focused on behavior, how we spend our time, and therefore how we feel about ourselves.

Time-management is focused on tasks, action items, when we need to complete them and how we will do so. Completing tasks that we need to, and want to, achieve is so beneficial to our self-management!

PLUS when we are managing our time, we have more time for self care, rest, and overall a healthier well being.

NOTE:

I have two daughters who just had babies within the last week. Time management for them looks a whole lot different than time management for someone who is retired. We are each in our own season of life. Some of us have other little humans who depend on us for everything. Some of us have raised little humans who are now big humans and are self-sufficient. Some of us don't have little or big humans, but have a brain and a heart and a soul who need nourishment and love. I see you. I hear you.

I've talked about this a hundred times and I am going to do it again. When I was at IMC following my stroke, the time management was tight. There was a white board in my room with slots for every half hour. The night before, the team would come in and schedule out my entire day. Every single half hour slot was filled with something. Shower, eat, rest, eye therapy, swallow therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, counseling, nutrition therapy, nap, etc. This was so effective because I knew exactly what I was doing and when. I knew the goal of that half hour, just based on the job. I knew who I would be with for that half hour. I knew that this schedule was getting me closer and closer to being home with my boys.

I keep calendars every where now. I've always been pretty structured and routine oriented. I am a note-taker, calendar-keeper, and task checker-offer! With grown kids who have families, new babies, two kids in sports, family activities, work, more work, rest-required post stroke, a home to manage, I thrive with lists and calendars. It keeps me on task and each time I complete one, I validate the success with my dang self!

Attached is a daily habits sample that you can print off if you'd like. Personally, I keep a to-do list at work for the work day. I keep a calendar at work for work appointments and tasks. I keep a desk calendar with work events, family events, home events, birthdays, sports times and places, etc. I keep a family calendar on the fridge at home with family items. I also keep a calendar in my phone for reminders. It works for me so well!

By managing our time, we can improve our work-life balance. By taking two seconds to validate your accomplishments and your task completions, you are improving your ability to make your self-validation practice a habit!

XOXOXO