Time Is Money | How To Use Time Wisely?

This is an interesting topic with a lot of discussions and arguments. Time is very important in our lives but some times we do not realize it. When we were young, we desperately wanted grow up and get older; when we are old, we like go back to be younger and enjoy more.  Most people think we work and get money, and we do not realize that we are selling our time for money. In fact, time does not wait for us, even if we do nothing, time will still go by. When we use time wisely, we will make more extra money.

There are plenty of books about time management many of which I have been able to get some good information from. Some lessons from these books which applied to my work and my life. Not only did these books help me overcome stressful situations, but they also taught me how to earn extra money. The great thing is my work is more effective and my income has increased. This is not a secret, this is very simple and anyone can learn the same lessons. This is to concentrate on our work and work is only one task with specific time.

Some people are geniuses and their brain can do many tasks at the same time. We also can do it too, we can work together while surfing the Internet. We can work a lot of tasks in one day, but the truth is it is not an effective nor efficient way to work and increases our stress level.

Before, I use to do a lot of work at the same time such as answering the phones, typing, help other with their work, help everyone when they need things, etc. One day after a particularly stressful day, I thought to myself I need to change my time management and prioritize my tasks. My goal was to focus on one task at a time and not to multi-task on various tasks at the same time. I got a lesson called: Do not make our brain distracts by do a lot of task in same time. You would think your boss would have not wanted you to do that. I do not think so, unfortunately your boss only care about results and with bad results he/she will be angry, and if the results are good then he/she will be happy regardless of how it was achieved.

I usually use these tips in my daily life which help me do my work better leaving me with more extra spare time. With your extra time, you can spend more quality time with your family, your friends or do other work to make extra money. I will share some tips here:

1. In the morning, write down in your notebook what you will do today. List all of what you want to accomplish for the day in order of importance from the most important priority items down to the less urgent items.

2. Set at presume time in which to finish each task and your anticipated sequence in doing it. Follow the sequence and try to stay on track and finish on time. If the task needs more than four hours, split it to smaller tasks and assign the time to do it.

3. After finish each task, check it off on your notebook and go onto the next task.

4. During your work, if someone interrupts you or asks you to go do something, say you are busy with your job and once you complete the items on your list you will be happy to assist them later if it is not urgent.

5. Focus closely on each task and do one task one time. Take periodic breaks and rest for about five minutes per hour.  It will help you recover and work better. You can take a glass or listen to a song to calm yourself before moving onto other tasks on your list.

6. At the end of day, you need to summarize how much work you completed and if you did not accomplish as much as you hoped to, then try to find a way to manage your time more effectively. You may use some extra tools to automatic some of your work and also add and adjust these tools to work more effective for you.

7. Remember, Time is Money, if you waste your time, you will waste your money as well.

How much are you earning in one work day? You can do a simple calculation to determine how much per year you’ve earned and then simply divide it into the days you worked.

Example: $60,000 a year/ 260 day = $230/ day

You can have $230 extra / day with your free time, it looks great, instead of bringing home the company's work and get no additional pay, you can make extra money by yourself. You need to have an exercise and a focused plan for using these tips to make money. It should become a habit and you may need small pilot work. You can spend one spare day such as Saturday or Sunday to test this out. You can make some extra money from your spare time by following the above tips.

You need to determine what field you think you can do best in, chose one and make a plan for one day worth of work, follow your plan and focus to it. Think about this as a serious test and do not quit under any circumstances and do not do any other work. Try to finish all of what you planned and see how your results.

Some ideas and suggestions for work with online jobs are:  get paid to type, writing articles about your story, your experienced topic, make money by uploading, make money with your photo, your digital camera,etc...Example: You can write an article and sell it with $10, with 20 articles - 500 words, you have $200. And it will help you do your work better and get promotion easier in your daily job.

Finally, you have 24 hours a day. You should not make your body work over load. Because it will work with you long-term, care about yourself, use the time wisely, spend time to relax, recover your health...This will help your work is more effective.

Feel free to share your comments and  your experience about time is money.