Is Your Life Balance Teetering?

By Fairy Godmothers | Published June 21, 2010

Fairy Godmother, Vicki Winterton writes:

Invest 10 minutes a day in 3 simple techniques to restore your stability!

There was a time when the boundaries between work and home were clear. Today, however, work is likely to invade your personal life — and maintaining a work-life balance is harder than ever. Still, work-life balance isn’t out of reach for you. Murphy’s Law states: “If anything can go wrong, it will”. Sometimes, it seems like this well known saying is built in to the way our world works. I have found that time management solutions can ensure that Murphy’s “drop-by visits” don’t throw a major kink in your day.

As a Utah based productivity coach and professional organizer, I’m excited to share some of my life changing tips to help you learn how to organize your life in a way that restores peace and brings greater balance to your daily routine. In fact, I am so sure these tips work, that I GUARANTEE my clients greater peace once they agree to make these techniques a part of their lives.

1. Plan ahead by prioritizing - Use your favorite daily planner to be sure you make time each day to prioritize. Some tips for prioritizing include:

• Scheduling your time in weekly segments
• Scheduling no more than 70 % of your day (IF you are a mother of young children, 50% is the target)
• Taking 5 minutes today to prioritize tomorrow with your 4 most important tomorrow activities

2. Simplify - Life is easier when you simplify your daily routine. Look twice to see how you might shorten or delete some of the activities you are undertaking such as:

  • Low priority items
  • Tasks of little consequence if left undone
  • Tasks where the cost (time, money, energy) are greater than the benefit received

3. Delegate tasks - If someone else (this includes your children) can complete a task as well or nearly as well as you ONCE THEY ARE TRAINED, then by all means, delegate that task to them. The keys to effective delegating include:

  • Making sure your expectations are clearly understood
  • Having a good return and report system in place
  • Assuring you allow time for a learning curve
  • Praise & appreciation for a job well done

Understand that unexpected issues arise on a regular basis. Even the most complex productivity plan can’t withstand Murphy’s Law. You CAN, however, learn how to organize your life and prepare for Murphy’s “drop in” visits. If you manage your time well by applying the tips listed and then EXPECT Murphy’s visits, you will be able to easily move beyond the frustration those visits have brought you in the past.  Click here to view and print my FREE 1 page Life Balance Worksheet. With the investment of a little time in this worksheet and only 10 minutes a week to prioritize, simplify and delegate, greater life balance is not only at your fingertips, but easily attainable…YOU CAN DO THIS!

Click here to watch Vicki’s 6 minute TV segment, Time Management Tips

Vicki Winterton is a Utah based professional organizer/productivity coach & a Startup Princess fairy godmother who has been highlighted in newspapers, magazines and on television. She is an online organizing expert who co-hosts The Organized Woman Show. Vicki’s professional organizing business is found at www.OrganizingMindOverMatter.com

 

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