Time Management

Time management skills are a very important skill that everyone should posses. I personally have many things that I have to manage. I have classes and volleyball practice everyday. If I manage my time poorly I will have to run extra in practice and if I'm late to work, I might get fired. On top of that I work two jobs. I want to make time for social events as well. This isn't all that hard for me to do though because I have inherited many good time management skills from my parents. My mom has very good time management. She is very busy. I remember when she had to manage three kids and a job. Now that all the kids are pretty much grown, she still has to manage her time wisely. I feel that I have recieved some of her techniques. Some of the things that I do that I have learned from my parents are to always be on time or early. Now if I am on time I feel late. I like to have plenty of time to be prepared for class, practice, or work. Another thing that my mom uses to manage her time is that she always has a list of things that she needs to get done. She also makes a list of things that she needs for something in a week or two. She plans ahead. I find myself doing the same things. I write down my schedule for the day or I estimate how long things will take so I make sure that I have time to accomplish all the things I need to for the day. When I make my lists, I make sure that I have plenty of time to finish all the things that are the most important and then if I have more time at the end then I can do the extra things. I can also use these things to help me manage my money as well. I can make a list of all the expenses for the week and see how much money I will have to work with. All these techniques are very simple and don't take much time, so everyone can do them.