You have more time than you think

June 6th, 2010 by Klaus Wiedemann

… is the claim of a new book of  Laura Vanderkam which I noticed while browsing the latest manifestos over at ChangeThis.

It is so true: “You have more time than you think”  -  Stop doing things which are not important.

Laura Vanderkam sums it up nicely:

So whenever you find yourself saying “I don’t have time to do X, Y, Z,” try changing your language.
Instead, say “I don’t do X, Y, and Z because it’s not a priority.”

Freeing your calendar can be that easy and simple. (However, this requires to have a clear picture of your priorities  and about the price you are willing to pay. But that’s a different story…)

A tool like Daisho can help you then to implement your prioritized time schedule. Determine how much time you want to spent on a context (family, friends, a given project, sports etc.) and budget your time accordingly (e.g. 3 hours of sport a week).  Visual timeslots help you to pre-structure your calendar on a high level, before going into the details of scheduling meetings or tasks.

But the best can’t help you to free up more time for things which are important to you, if you don’t have the courage to get a clear picture on your priorities, and to decide what’s import for you and what’s not.

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