Time management comes naturally for some people. They are always on task, their house is always clean, they are never late for work and the list goes on. I envy those people some days. Especially on the days when it seems like all I'm doing is spinning my wheels. Time management is basically the way you plan, schedule and manage the way your time is used during the course of a day.

The biggest problem with time management is setting aside the time to actually assess what you need to do and when it needs to be done. A lot of people are procrastinators, which can make it even harder to start managing your time. There are a couple of areas you can begin to manage your own time. The main aim of time management is to increase the efficiency of how you use your time. So, three of the most common ways people attempt to manage their time are to-do lists, prioritizing what needs to be done first and then managing these goals to actually see them through to completion.

One way to manage your time is to schedule everything you need to do every day into time slots. The best way to keep track of this would be on your e-mail software (Outlook) or a physical portable Dayrunner type planner that includes a calendar, to-do lists and many other items. For some this method might be too restrictive. It also requires that you sit down and take the time to do it. There are certain things you can schedule at the same times every week, such as vacuuming, grocery shopping, washing the car or any other chore you do or feel you should do every week.

Another way to manage your time is to just make a list at the beginning of the week of things that need to be accomplished before the end of the week. Each day you can pick a few of the items off the list to do and by the end of the week your list is done and you feel like you actually accomplished something during the week. The only caution with this method is to make sure you are realistic about your list. Do not list 100 items to be done by the end of the week, because it won't happen and then you will feel like a failure and you are back to square one. Your list may have these items on it:: oil change for car, vacuum, dog to vet, update r