So now hopefully you have a better idea of the importance of time management and you're ready to make more of a commitment to manage your time for of course your success. So let's get into what is called the five step time management process that will help you on your way to better results. The five step time management process is fairly simple, and it's something that you should continue to do. First we start with goal setting, then time tracking, then on to plan making, then taking action and finally shifting and adjusting, and it repeats itself over time. First of all, goal setting. You're already really familiar with this one aren't you?

Congratulation? Now you have a good understanding of setting your goals and breaking those goals into smaller goals, thus creating a strategy to complete your ultimate goal. So we really don't need to spend a lot of time or any more time on that particular subject because you already have a fairly good idea about it. Part two is time tracking. In order to better manage your time, you first should have a clear understanding of what you actually do with your time, you may be surprised how much time is spent doing things that you may not have been entirely aware of, and on things that really have little or no benefit to you. What activities might you be wasting time on?

It's a really good question to ask yourself, we want to ventually write the thing that we plan to do. However, we need to first understand what we actually do. So let's spend one day being conscious of all of our activities over 24 hours and make a law on how we spend that time. So I have a little bit of homework for you. I'd like you to get out your time tracking worksheet looks like this. And I want you to put down what you plan to do.

And then later where you actually did it. So here's a better view of your time tracking worksheet after this lesson, I'd like you to go in here and write down. What do you plan to do, let's say for tomorrow, starting 7am, all throughout the rest of the next 24 hours. Now, of course, you need to put your sleep in there somewhere to how much sleep Do you plan to get? Then on that actual day, I want you to log what you actually do throughout that day and compare the two, you might be surprised what you find. It's up to you how you interpret this worksheet.

However, the idea is to eventually have a your actual activities match your planned activities. This may not be possible for everyone at first, but that's okay. Just make sure you continue to make progress. Third on our list is plan making. You've probably already used various planning tools. If you're currently a student in university, you probably are using a helpful calendar that lists all your classes for each day of the week.

If so, that calendar has been helpful so far, right? Good. Keep using that calendar. And let's keep track of all of your other activities and responsibilities on a new calendar. As we do this, keep in mind that we're making plans that can always change. Don't be a slave to your plans, be flexible, and continue to adjust your calendar to fit your life.

Life can be unpredictable. That's okay. So I have another worksheet for you. I'd like you to get out your monthly calendar, and we're going to plan your month. And in the meantime, get out your goals strategy worksheet from our previous lesson on goals, and let's use it to start planning the rest of your month or the next month. It's up to you.

Based on your goals strategy worksheet, write down due dates for items, write down days or times you plan to use working on Things to reach those due dates on your monthly calendar worksheet, get a clear sense of what you need to do for each day of the week for the entire month. And here's a closer look at your monthly calendar. So it says after writing down your goals into a strategy, decide what things you need to be working on and accomplish for each month. Write down these items in the calendar below so that you have a clearer idea of what things you should accomplish for each day of the week for an entire month. So here we go starting on a Sunday, ending on a Saturday, and just take the time, you'll have course have to put in the numbers of the month yourself the days of the month.

So you can use this repeatedly, all you need to do is print it out or just use it on your computer. This can be a really helpful tool to help manage your monthly agenda. And I really suggest that you manage your day with some sort of app. Now whether you're an iOS Phone user or an Android user, there are all kinds of time management apps out there waiting for you. And a lot of them are free. Choose one that works best for you.

I'm an apple user. And I think this is only available for Apple users as well at the Apple store here. But I like something called summit daily planner right here. I use it religiously. I use it every day. And let me tell you, it has really made a difference in scheduling my to do list and keeping track of what needs to get done.

So get yourself an app today. The fourth part is taking action. So you want to get to work on putting thought into action. Now that you've planned out what you do for one month, you don't have to waste time thinking about what activities to do each day. You're now organized and have more direction in life, you're now much more likely to accomplish what you hope to accomplish. However, still keep in mind that you'll probably need to adjust your goals and plans because of unexpected events or changes in your goals.

Some things will take longer than planned that's just natural and new tasks might emerge. Distraction will also pop up. Be aware of these distractions and try not to let them affect your progress. Remember that no one is perfect and no plan is either. And the final stage of this process is shifting and adjusting. As you get closer to finishing your tasks, obstacles may get in the way.

These troubles can be predictable or unpredictable. They may be controllable or uncontrollable. For those that are out of your control, do what you can to get back on track as soon as possible. For those that are within your control, be forceful to stop them from hurting your progress. The more you practice stopping these obstacles, the easier it gets. And let me share with you five comments obstacles.

Number one, getting started. There's a fear of poor results or negative evaluations that people have when beginning to begin. A great way to overcome that is just commit to completing 10 minutes into getting started. That's really the hardest part. Then we have procrastination, waiting to do something, you know, people distance themselves from stressful activities. We don't like pain.

So we try to avoid it as much as possible. And we associate these stressful activities with pain. So if you're feeling overwhelmed, just finish a few simple items first, and then you can return and start later motivation. Are you lacking motivation or motivated to do something else? Be mindful of what motivates you be mindful of motivating distractors, talk yourself into getting motivated and you can make that little leap forward How can you use commuting time to your advantage? Well, while you're commuting, make the most of that time.

If you're on a subway and you're not driving, well read something, write something down, listen to something that's of advantage to you use that time intelligently. If you are driving, your hands aren't free, but your ears are. So listen to something that's of advantage to you. You're in control here. Make your commute work for you, not against you. And then time between classes.

If you have blocks of time between classes, use them wisely, similarly to commuting plan, this time in order to get other tasks out of the way that really lower your stress, free up your time and make you more productive. So there you have it, there is the five step process to really good time management, I highly suggest that you give it a try. commit to it later, if not now. So what did we go over? We went over goal setting something, you know is our lesson or number one lesson, our first lesson. Hopefully you have a really good idea of that by now, too.

Time tracking, make sure you track what you do each day. plan to making, you gotta have a plan. If there's no plan, then you can't really implement something right? Then take action ideas are great, but ideas are useless without action. And finally, shifting and adjusting. The world is complicated.

Life is complicated. So things are always in flux. Things are always changing. You just got to be ready for it. So don't be too concerned about when things are. When obstacles come your way.

Just adjust your time and adjust your plan. Okay, remember, don't forget that five step process and let's get ready for the next section. Have this core lesson which is a few time management tips and they're pretty good tips too.