On Time Management

I told myself I was going to sleep already to prepare for my early morning run tomorrow but you know... Just one post and then am going to bed. I do not know how I can keep a personal journal and still blog. I find it hard to type tonight because my right hand is very tired from playing Blackout on my iTouch. *argh!!!*

I just wanted to write about the Time Management talk of Randy Pausch. He had three more months to live and I thought who better to listen to than a person who has lived a life really to its fullest. If you do not believe me then watch or read his Last Lecture.

Here are the things that I took note of:

• Always have a plan

You can change your plan but have a plan first!!!

• Break down things into smaller parts and then create you To Do list last


• Do the ugliest thing first


• It is not about effectiveness it is about efficiency


• Clean your desk


• Have a place for everything. Have a filing system.

I am an epic fail in organizing things... I always lose things so this is the biggest challenge for me. Cleaning my area and having a place for everuhtheeng!

• Learn to say no

I think I have slowly learned this. :)

• Find your creative time. A must!!!


• Find your dead time but also find your most productive time.


• Doing something at the last minute is always more expensive


• To delegate, be more specific, specific penalty and specific reward to the person who will be taking the task


• Don't give procedure, give an objective.


• If you get sleep deprived, everything falls apart.

This is something I have taken to heart. I have decided to forego running if I did not get enough sleep the night before. In fact for the past two days of weekend, I just slept and slept.

• Exchange money for time


• Ask for feedback


• Sort things according to priority

He discussed Covey's time quadrant which I am extremely familiar with. I want a planner that has this quadrant!

• Get a time journal


• Revisit talk in 30 days!!!

I will revisit the talk in 30 days and see what will happen. :) The last two days were just all about spending tme with the family and well resting as in really resting. I got to exercise a bit today but just for a few minutes. I did not even go to the Barre3 Studio and I did not run either. So tomorrow I am going to run.

i will be leaving for Osaka week after the next so i have to finish all I have to and start reading Machine Learning! So much to do, now more than ever is the time to work on my time management eskels. :)