Time Management Tips - You Can Create Reflection Points to Redirect Your Energy and Enrich Your Time

"Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." Benjamin Franklin

Time management tips can help you generate the power you need to energize and strengthen your time choices. This begins with investing the time to reflect on which time choices truly fulfill your needs. And identifying which time choices are due for an overhaul helps it build.

Do you fall into the trap of rationalizing that you lack the time to assess your time choices? Remember that time is precious finite, and that each moment is unique. So enrich your life and strengthen your time choices by inviting "reflection points" into the rhythm of your life.

What exactly is a reflection point? It's a moment in your day, or week, or month, when you pause and reflect on how things are going.

Consider asking yourself the following questions:

1. What are the goals you are progressing with?

2. Which intentions do you wish to follow up on?

3. What relationships need tending?

4. What are your accomplishments to celebrate?

How to Make Reflection Points Work for You

Rather than treating reflection points as one more activity to squeeze into a busy day, envision them as spacious baskets that hold all aspects of your life. This enables you to create a relaxed overview while you sort through your priorities. From this time of reflection, you return to your day refreshed, with energies realigned.

Here are some ways to prepare your reflection points:

Reflection Points are Uniquely Yours.

You can focus on one thing or several. And work with a journal or list - it's entirely up to you. The most important thing to keep in mind is that this is your opportunity to decide for yourself how to make your life work better for you. There is no one you need to explain yourself to. Instead, you clarify what matters to you. In fact, your points of reflection can inspire you to reclaim personal power that you have allowed others to control.

Allow Time for Fine-Tuning your Timing.

How frequently you schedule in points of reflection might depend on how satisfied you are with your life. And whether you envision fresh potentials you would like to explore. Times of transition also require more frequent retuning, as you familiarize yourself with a new landscape.

Create a Conducive Climate.

Consider setting aside time on a regular basis when you'll be undisturbed. If it's helpful, prepare your environment so that it is especially conducive for relaxing and looking within. Have touchstones nearby that inspire you, and a notepad for recording fresh ideas.

By shaping this special time to your needs, you can actively welcome these opportunities for reflection. Every time you review your time choices, you dignify your life with intentionality. There is no greater gift you can give yourself or to others than living by time choices that reflect your deepest values.

So, how can you start clarifying your priorities today to start finding more time?


------

To live wisely and well, sign up for our free gift, "The New Finding Time Boundary Template: 9 Simple, Sequential Steps to Find More Time and Recharge Your Energy!"
This time template will help you move beyond frustration. Using a workbook format, with room to record your answers, you will discover that 24 hours really are enough!
Offered to you by Paula Eder, The Time Finder Expert