Effective tips on Time Management for working parents

Time management for parents is very essential and binding. Kids are small and innocent; they just want our time. Our presence makes them happy that we can easily see on their face when we come to home from work or close our laptops. Time management will help us save lot of time and allow to spend quality time our kids. These tips could be appropriate for all the parent who want to attain time management in life. Try to achieve your time management goal by bringing balance and simplicity in your daily lives. Do not follow strict scheduling to achieve time management.

Benefits of giving time to your child

Quality time spend together will create very healthy lovable bond between you and your kid.

Better understanding of his likes and dislikes, when you are more close to your child.

Spending time with your child will be helpful for your child’s holistic development.

Analyse your daily schedule first step for time management

Monitor yourself daily to know where you are spending your time throughout the day. This analysis and its reading you can use to manage your time. These readings will help you understand that you are spending some hours daily on tasks which are not necessary or could be done later on.

Categorize your tasks to achieve time management

Task can be categorize in below three types.

·         Should be done immediately

·         Could be done tomorrow or later in the week

·         Time Consuming and ongoing.

This categorization will help you prioritize your tasks. You will do limited, urgent and important tasks daily and will save some more time.

Learn to prioritize your tasks for time management

We should be able to work on prioritizing tasks. If you have 3-4 tasks coming your way we should be able to identify and prioritize them according to their severity and urgency. For instance, one can always give priority to do drawing with your child instead of checking personal emails.

How to manage your priorities for time management

Often you will feel frustrated when you spend too much time on unimportant activities which makes no sense like arranging house, dusting, Facebook and others  in result of which important things in your life are being neglected. You are the one who could determine the goals and activities that are most important in your life. Take some time to brainstorm and to finalize things which are important and set priority on all things. Things which are on highest priority start working on that. From here onwards you will start to gain control over your time and your life.

Time management make you organized teach your child same

        Plan and complete all your activities on time. Keep all important daily used things in place so                 that when you need them you will not spend time in searching where they are. Keep things reachable like list of important phone numbers, uniform, shoes, class list, rain and cold gear, toys, things for daily school bag, baby gear, snacks, napkins, colouring books, stationery, and stamps. You can use baskets to store these things intact.

Multitasking is part of time management

Multitasking could help you save lot of time. You can use that saved time to spend with your child. You need to identify tasks which you can do along with another task.

Recruit someone for small works to achieve time management

You can save your time which you spend doing small stuff in house. Like sanity, laundry, kitchen                   & dinning, cleaning, grocery. You will save lot of time which you can share it with your child.

       Use Technology

·         You can pay bills on-line when you are working along with your child on his homework.

·         Keep phone on speaker, use earphone, Bluetooth and do your household tasks along with it.

·         Tasks Reminder will help you in time management

·         Buy gifts and other household items from Web sites.

·         You can do research on product online and directly go to store to buy it. This smart way will save lot of      time for you.

·         Grocery shopping usually takes lot of time. To save time make list of items you need to buy. This will not only make shopping quicker, but also ensure that you don’t forget anything.

Time management do Plan your daily schedule

Get up in the morning. Think on the activities which you are going to do on the same day. Plan them, allocate time for each task and execute them on time. Always keep slot for your kids in your daily schedule. Avoid extra workload to reach time management goal

      

Using above tips you are saving time, by the same time your workload is increasing which result in no added time given to your child. This is not fair with your child. You have chosen these tips to save time for your child not for extra work. You have to be honest and clear why you are saving your time.

Learn to say no whenever and wherever it is appropriate.

Time management generally needs common sense. You should have your priorities at set in good order, you are good to go. 

Have fun. Best of luck. Happy Parenting!!!!

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