Overcoming the challenge of not having enough time for your Self-Reliant life
Time to complete this lesson:
Video: 20 minutes
Handout: 10 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes
Do you struggle with fitting all the things you’d like to accomplish into each day? We all do at one time or another! Even though we all have the same 24 hours to work with, some people just naturally seem to get a lot accomplished.
Why is that?
- Do they have a special potion or formula that makes them super human? Nope.
- Are they just good at hiding it? If we dug deeper would we that they have all their dirty clothes stuffed in the laundry room where we can’t see? Let’s hope not!
- Are they quick to make decisions and ultra organized? Maybe.
Most likely, those super productive people are very good at setting personal priorities and focusing on the task at hand.
We are starting off the series by talking about ways we can overcome the challenges of too little time. So in this lesson, we’ll give you tips to increase your productivity, save time, and get to the things that are most important for YOU.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- Why we procrastinate in the first place.
- What your perfect self-reliant day would look like.
- How to take a big project and break it down into bitesize chunks.
- 5 tips to make extra time in your day.
Kathy G.
Monday 22nd of May 2023
Out of the 5 tips you gave there are two of them that I can change big time!! TV, and Social Media. I have a record player that I have picked up new records to play so am going to do that instead of the TV.. A new goal!! My biggest challenge is pain. I have to deal with it daily. It wears me out. So I have to find time to rest several times a day. Then I get behind on what I need to do. After listening to you, I know that I can work around my pain and schedule things less physical for the rest times so I'm still accomplishing something. Thanks!!
Angi Schneider
Wednesday 31st of May 2023
So glad you were inspired by this article. Chronic pain is hard and I'm glad you've found some new ways of working around it.
seekingserenity and harmony
Wednesday 26th of January 2022
I tend to forget the prioritize my 'to do's' and let overwhelm from braindumping everything on one day keep me from moving forward. Thanks for giving me a reset today with this lesson.
Nancy
Thursday 6th of January 2022
My biggest take away is keeping my dream in the forefront. Actually visualizing it and making it real. Secondly, breaking down dreams and projects into manageable bite size pieces. Thank you!
Janel
Tuesday 23rd of November 2021
Thank you for this info! I love the idea of time blocks, 5-10 minutes to get something small done to chip away at a bigger task/ project is a great idea. Personally, I keep a running list of stuff I need to do and that’s helpful to keep me from forgetting stuff and delegating to the kids or husband when needed. but I have found that I stay more on task and feel accomplished if each evening I write 5 things in my planner for the next day that are “must-do’s”. This keeps me focused and if/ when those 5 things are Complete I will look to my running list to see what else I have time for. I’ve also found that turning off push notifications and not keeping my phone with me all the time saves a ton of lost time that would have been spent looking at email, texts, social media, etc. instead those have set times throughout the day.
Angi Schneider
Tuesday 7th of December 2021
Thanks for sharing, these are such great ideas! I especially love the ideas with your phone...goodness, the phone can be such a time suck.
Jennifer
Monday 13th of July 2020
As a newbie to simple living, I’ve never stopped and thought about what my perfect day would be. What a great idea!! Thanks for getting me started on my dreams!