RECLAIM YOUR TIME!

1. Take a time out. Freeing up your time starts with taking a step back to take a good look at your life.  Are there things you could drop or minimize to make more time?
   
2. Find your essentials. What is it that you love to do?  Make a short list of 4-5 things.
   
3. Find your time-wasters. What do you spend a lot of your time on that isn’t on your essential list?
   
4. Schedule the time. It’s crucial that you assign blocks of time from your essentials list every week.  Schedule the rest of your life around these blocks.
5. Consolidate. There are many things you do, scattered throughout your day or your week, that you might be able to consolidate in order to save time.
   
6. Declutter your schedule. If you have a heavily packed schedule, full of meetings, errands, tasks, projects and appointments, you’re going to want to re-think it carefully, remembering the essentials.
   
7. Re-think your routine. Often we get stuck in a routine that’s anything but what we really want.  Make a new routine that’s more pleasant, more optimal, more filled with essential things.
   
8. Learn to say no. If you say “yes” to every request, you will never have any free time. Get super protective about your time, and say “no” to everything but the essential requests. 
9. Keep your list to 3. When you make out your daily to-do list, just list the three most important tasks you want to accomplish today.
10. Delegate. Don’t feel like you need to do everything yourself.  Delegating allows you to focus on the core tasks and projects you should be focusing on.
11. Cut out distractions. What is there around you that distracts you from the task at hand?  The more you can focus, the more effective you’ll be and the less time you’ll waste.
12. Outsource. If you can’t delegate, see if you can outsource. Outsourcing is the key to your success and free time!