“I don’t have time”

So, my time management begins at the top. Here is what I mean by that…

I think about my daily needs and the things that I want to do each and every single day.

What are those things?

I think about my priorities first.

Each day, I need my prayer time in the morning, I need to write down my goals, I need to exercise, and I need to take a shower.

I know that every morning, no matter what, I need at least 40 minutes for those things, unless I’m going to the gym rather than just doing an ab workout.

The other things in my morning, like my personal journal containing a reflection on the day before, can happen at any point in the day, that does not always need to be first in the morning, though I prefer it to be.

Likewise, my shared devotional is preferred to be first in the morning, but it does not need to be.

That is the first part of my time management. I know that my next day will begin with me waking up. What will I be doing after I wake up?

Those are the non-negotiable things, the things that I require out of myself, each and every morning.

So, obviously, those are the things that I need to make sure I allocate time for, no matter what.

As I continue throughout the day, I think of things in the same way. I ask myself, “What are the most important things for me to do today?” (though I usually ask myself this question the night before so it’s really, “what are the most important things for me to do tomorrow?”).

So, there is another thing that I always make time for. I allocate or spend about 5–10 minutes thinking about my daily goals. The goals that I write down in the morning are my long-term goals.

I know that there are other things that I want to dedicate time to, such as reading 20 pages nightly and writing 3 pieces weekly.

But, as important as those two things are, they are not always the most urgent things.

Differentiating, as I have written about before on January 8, 2019, urgency and importance is extremely vital and is most important to me. Differentiating in this way is integral to the way that I manage my time throughout my day and throughout my week.

I always tend to think numerically, methodically, and strategically. That is how I am wired, and, how I like to be.

As you might know, I believe you can “evolve your brain” as Joe Dispenza writes about in his various books and other publications.

I know, for instance, that as an introvert now, I could evolve my brain and ultimately become more extraverted, but, I am happy to be an introvert.

As an aside, I am not generally a fan of when someone says something like,

“This is just how I’m wired.”

I say this because I believe that ultimately, we can always change and become whomever we want to be, as long as God empowers us to do so.

I like structure. I like planning.

Virtually my whole day is scheduled out. For the parts that aren’t scheduled, they are scheduled to be unscheduled.

I manage my time by focusing first on the things that need to get done and need to get done right away. Then, I think about what is most important.

If the urgent things take precedence over the important things, will that negatively affect the important things? If yes, how so?

That is the way that my mind works, and I like it that way.