Time management is so hard for me and it leaves me constantly stressed out. How can I organize myself better?

Question

Besides a schedule, what else can I do? They never work for me! Something else pops up and it completely messes me up!

Answer 1

Then organizing and scheduling just becomes another thing you have to do.

What I do is just cut stuff out of my life. I make a list and say I'm not doing this any more and I'm not doing that any more.

Answer 2

You might have too many things to do. Sometimes the only way to manage is to cut out the things that are in excess. First see what is taking up your time. See where your energy leaks. Are you doing things that don't contribute to you goals. I was getting up in the morning & able to get ready really quick & my co-worker took hours. I wrote down all that I had to do, I had everything set up so I could do it in the quickest time. So I would get in the shower, dress & get my food & head out the door. I was on a highway that was easy to drive so I combed my hair in the car & ate my yougurt, cinomin, berries & granola in a coffee mug in my car. I was so organized & it is hard to tell specifics without knowing your details. You can hire a person like me to go over & help you set up a certain plan & take care of the unexpectant things. I coach people & orgainze & can do this over the phone so you would benefit from have a session even 1 session with someone like me.

Answer 3

Sounds like you have to evaluate your days and analyze what is going on. Maybe there is a better way to stucture your time--or maybe you're saying "yes" to everything everyone else asks you to do and that creates problems too. (or, gasp, maybe there is some unrealized procrastination going on).  :)  

Check out

http://www.selfmadeeasy.com/cat_self-hel...

They have online ebooks (some free) and tools that help you realize what is holding you back, and then offers solutions to living better.

Good luck!