Guest post by Alicia Honeycutt
“Time is gold,” they say, from the very beginning stages of our lives. “Use your time wisely”, they continue, because it is limited, and you need to spend your time doing things that matter the most. What this entails, is that time management has been a matter of importance for a very long time. We know its value, however, we sometimes fail to use it in the most optimal way.
Let’s say you were given a lot of tasks to manage in a limited period of time. What do you do other than panicking? That’s right, you look for the best tools and effective solutions to improve your time management and increase your productivity. And no, this is not a typical post about the disadvantages of procrastinating. Here we are going to tackle some of the most useful time management tools that will actually help you succeed in being in control of how you spend your time (as stated by Forbes), which are connected with the use of something that has become an inseparable part of our lives: technological advancements.
First Things First. Surf the Net
The use of Internet is included in this category, too, simply because it has become such an important asset to look for information and learn a lot of things from. So, why not use it to help us get some of our tasks done?
Let’s suppose you are a busy student trying to multitask, be over productive and do a couple of things very fast, e.g. write your long paper essay, or an article, or create a resume and so on and so forth. But you seem to run out of time and find yourself not knowing what decision to make in order for it to be an optimal solution to your dilemma. Maybe you should refer to the help of online services? Spend some time browsing the net to find online services that match your need and look for the one that will help you the most. For example, in a case of the above-mentioned writing task, there are plenty of trustful writing services provided, which will help you save your time and spend it on completing another task. See here for some of the top services in order to get a bigger picture of different online writing resources to eliminate the time you spend.
Use Technologies to Their Maximum
As much as some technological advancements tend to take our time, some of them are however extremely helpful in organizing that same time. Due to the advancements of innovative apps and different tools, it is now possible to manage and track your time with the help of your most frequently used devices, which again, is very time-saving. There are plenty of such softwares and depending on what purposes you have to use your time management skills, be that business, school, work, home or other projects, maybe you will find some of these tools quite effective for your disposal.
- Week Plan This application will help immensely to make plans for the whole weekend upfront and will let you see all of them laid out in front of you. With a lot of useful features, Week Plan can be one of the many optimal options to help organize and manage your time better.
- Toggl
For a more productive tool to use for business purposes, there are also applications that allow you to track your time, while also creating your projects, managing your clients, letting you see the time spent on each task, etc. It’s also available on both iOS and Android platforms, which lets you have access to your plans constantly. - Focus Booster
While thinking of the very many ways to help you manage your time better and wiser, keeping your focus and concentration on your tasks is one of the most important assets. And maybe you do need a software that will efficiently minimize your distractions and motivate you by showing your own progress made in a certain amount of time.
And finally, last but certainly not least, if you are in favor of sticking to more traditional methods, like writing down a to-do list, that is perfectly fine too, because now you can even do that innovatively. Applications like Doris, for example, are meant to help you create, edit and manage your to do-lists with high visibility of them to keep you organized.
These are just a few practical and new ways, out of hundreds of those, that you can use to make your time management easier and keep you more organized. Choose ways to spend your time wiser while completing given tasks and meeting deadlines productively. And remember, good time management is the key to improving your productivity, and high productivity is what gets you to the top.