Time management tips, which are really time choice management strategies, provide you with powerful tools to meet your daily challenges. Vague feelings of dissatisfaction with how you use your time can motivate you to fine-tune your time choices.

Start by reviewing what felt unsatisfying to you yesterday. Be as specific as possible, jotting down a few key words to refer to. Then use these 3 questions to zero in on what skills will help you gain more energy and satisfaction, starting today.

Do you set clear objectives or an agenda at the beginning of the day?

If not, you will benefit dramatically by adding intentionality into your life. Clarifying your values helps you set workable, daily goals. Then day-by-day, you learn what is satisfying. This is no small achievement! Become an expert on your happiness with daily experiments, and use this as a cornerstone for productive time choices.

Just as important, by setting clear objectives daily, you will learn over time what you can realistically accomplish. By setting reachable objectives that challenge you to stretch, you experience life more intensely. This magnifies your pleasure in the moment.

Do you delegate power to those who could not or would not fulfill your expectations?

If so, you can multiply your effectiveness and improve your relationships by developing effective delegation strategies. Time you invest in learning how to select and help prepare others to succeed at the delegated tasks translates directly into personal success for you.

This process enhances trust, morale, confidence and creative collaboration. And as you open to this flow, gratitude and enthusiasm 'stretch' your energy and time.

Do you assume that the day will progress like the day before, and then feel overwhelmed by sudden changes?

If so, you can develop a new level of resilience, by setting objectives that can flex in the face of the unexpected.

An additional side benefit to anticipating change is that your alertness increases. This skill strengthens with practice, and so, too, does your confidence. As curiosity replaces fear, you will experience more zest and vitality.

No magic makes days run smoothly or like any other day you've ever experienced. However, you possess limitless potential to expand your opportunities. This is better than magic, because the power is all yours.

Of course, this doesn't happen automatically. But if you consistently use these suggestions to make new time choices, you will successfully supercharge your day.

Now, ask yourself: What is the next step you can take to create time choices that transform your time?   ###


Coach Paula Eder, Ph.D., The Time Finder Expert, has 35 years of success helping individuals, small businesses, and solopreneurs align their time choices with their life goals and core values.  Heart-based time management is her passion.  Paula enjoys nothing more than working with people to recognize and help facilitate the small time choices that lead to large, life changes … because the way you use your time is the way you live your life! 

If you're ready to stop feeling overwhelmed, sign up for Paula's FREE Finding Time Boundary Template at http://www.findingtime.net/ezine.html/ 
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Affirmations for Dealing with Grief

This is a potentially tough section, and yet also a section of great healing.  We’ve all felt, or will all feel, grief.  It doesn’t have to be from deaths, it can be from job losses, love losses, even the loss of youth.  Grief usually entails something you wish you had, but no longer (or will never) have.   However, it is a temporary state of being.  It does not define you.  Embrace grief.  Hold it in your arms and thank it for the human experience of grief that we all share.  Then it’s time to do some affirmations to allow it to move on and to return to joy.

God showers healing upon me in these times
I forgive anyone close to me who has died
Mourning is a part of life and I'm surviving
I'm willing to get on with my life
I’m now discovering new strengths in myself
I give my grief over to God now and always
I choose to be happy today
Grieving is tiring; I ask for, and receive extra energy
I get lots of rest during these times, as I need it
I'm hanging in there, which is okay for now
It's okay to feel overwhelmed and hide under the covers
It's okay to forget about what life was like before the loss
I remember what my life was like before the loss
I choose to feel my loved one's presence today
I continue emotionally living, as I am still physically living
I wrap myself up in God's healing arms today
Grief lives in the past; the present holds only peace
I relinquish this overwhelming sense of grief and loss
Grieving takes time; I give it the time it needs
I relax and let all the feelings come out today
I feel the strength hidden inside the weakness
I'm able to give a spiritual hug to my loved one today
Emotionally and physically I'm stronger today
It's okay to grieve for the way things used to be
It's okay to grieve for all perceived losses
It's okay to heal my grief today