Working Caregiver- Time-Management
Make the most out of the hours you have
Finding More Time in Your Day: The Secrets of a 36 Hour Day
No matter what your age or what you do with your life, there are just never enough hours in the day. 24 hours don't feel like enough, and that rings particularly true with working caregivers who find themselves with the weight of the world on their shoulders every single day, and more to accomplish than there are hours to get it all done. Between caregiving responsibilities for an elderly loved one, a family life at home caring for children and spouses, a career, and the general management of day-to-day life, working caregivers may feel like they never have enough time to check everything off of their "to do" list every day.
We all have days where we'd just like to turn back the clock and try it all over again in a different way, in the hopes of stealing some extra time and accomplishing that much more in a day. Until a functional time machine comes along, we can let go of that wish, but instead focus on finding ways that we can take back some time, accomplishing more in less time - effectively turning a standard 24 hour day into one that might as well be 36 hours long. Working caregivers, with more time in your day you can eat, sleep and breathe your responsibilities to your elderly care recipients, your family and your career, check everything off your list each day, AND squeeze in a little bit of "you" time along the way.
Since we can't control the amount of time you have in a day, we can help provide you with tips that will help you to make the most of the hours that you do have, whether you're a working caregiver or any other member of society who just doesn't have enough time; an issue that most can relate to. Carebuzz and Working Caregiver, over the upcoming weeks will focus on taking back time, touching upon the following strategies that make 24 hour days feel longer and become more productive:
1. Sleeping for productivity - it might sound like an oxymoron, but this is one top strategy you can use to be more productive and find more hours in your day
2. Eating your way to a 36 hour day - time is of the essence, and your diet can have a major bearing on your productivity each day!
3. Learning to multi-task effectively - if doing multiple things means you can't do anything with complete focus, it won't benefit you, but effective multi-tasking gives you back hours in your day
4. Organizing your way to success - hours can be wasted on disorganization, but you can learn how to optimize your organization habits to get them back
5. Learning how to get it done faster - whether you're doing tasks or at work or at home, there are ways to do them more efficiently. While speed isn't always better, with the right methods, you will get the time back that you need
6. Learning while multi-tasking in your free time - multi-task by combining learning with other routine activities will lead to self-improvement, increased achievement, and will make more productive use of the hours in the day
7. Using technology to increase productivity - software and other technologies can do things for you that you might otherwise need to do yourself
8. Turning off - there are distractions that can take away hours from the day, by cutting them out, there can be an increased focus on productivity
9. Asking for help - delegating and asking for help means you don't need to do it all alone, and that's a major time saver!
Via: Gaia
