The Mystery of Time Management

What are the familiar words used when time is mentioned? The following list may sound very familiar to you, which you would have used it many times in your daily conversation with friends, family, clients and your employer.

I do not have time.
I am short of time.
Do not disturb me, I am busy.
I don’t know when I can finish this.
I am doing everything I can, but I am not able to finish this.

Time Management as described by Dr. Venga, in his book, ‘One Day at a Time‘ provides you with a 366 leap-year time management tips that you review day by day from January 1 to December 31, including February 29. Peter Abisheganaden, in his book, ‘Venga : From Ordinary to Extraordinary‘ relates what motivated Dr. Venga from the early age of his difficult life, leading him to his various accomplishments for more than four decades and becoming a well revered self-development trainer in the process. His life philosophy is ‘Write-Goal-Review’ accounted to all his success and achievements.

What is Time Management? It is your ability to allocate and manage time for your activities so that you can accomplish the planned tasks. Now, if you are currently not using a time planner, either in the form of a book, daily activity diary, an app on your computer or on your phone, you are already having trouble managing your time and tasks.

Discipline is the root factor for time management. I am not asking you to run your life as reflected in the military when discipline is mentioned, but to acknowledge that without this root factor, you will most of the time procrastinate.

Pandemic disease is not more prevalent compared to procrastination. If you overcome this and totally remove it from your conscious self, you will visualize and progress to greater self-discipline. It is an attainment in reality which takes a natural path to your vitality of Positive Attitude. When you remove negativity, you gain more positive energy. The whole universe looks all dark, but the source of light from dying stars to living ones brighten from billions of light years away. So can you and don’t let anyone say otherwise!

I like to write, literally. I find the cognitive process, remembering, problem-solving, thinking and planning, works better when I use a Time-PIanner for my weekly and monthly agenda. I also have additional sections that I write and keep track of my goals and vision. I use a 3-in-1 pen with mechanical pencil, red and black ink pens to write. Not forgetting, my trusty eraser too.

I list out my tasks and checklists to plan out each goal so that I know what I can accomplish and by when. To facilitate digital documentation, I assign appointments and tasks to my Microsoft Outlook app. I get reminders timely on my phone or computer, whenever I am using any one of them. I don’t want to tell anyone that I forgot my appointment.

Motivation is my passion. When I planned my goal to start this blog website, I proposed to myself when I will begin to write and upload each blog title. I also planned out my time to research online, viewed many YouTube videos from brilliant authors on how to use WordPress, options and tools that was also available. I wrote them down one by one, short listing what I needed thereafter. As you see now, I have this website uploaded and allowing me to reach all readers around the world with my primary goal; to be a beacon to myself and others!