Get Control of Your Time
April 27, 2008 – 5:55 am
One of the training modules in my Essentials of Effective Supervision course is Time Management. I provide the students with several tools that will help them get control of both their personal and professional lives.
However, before you can eliminate those time wasters – those minutes that turn into hours – you have to get a feel for how you are spending their time. I recommend that you start by keeping a time log for two weeks. That’s right, you have to keep track how you spend every minute of every day for two weeks. Although this is a important first step toward regaining control of your life, it can be a daunting task. Fortunately, there is a new website that can help you track the amount of your time that you are wasting away on your computer.
RescueTime is a web-based time-management tool that allows you to easily understand how you spend your time. One of the coolest things about RescueTime is that there is no data entry. You install a small monitoring program on your computer and they magically track all of your time usage. RescueTime is available for use on the Mac, Windows and Linux platforms and, best of all, its FREE (as in beer). Check it out.
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