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6. ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE TIME FOR EVERYTHING.  Favor activities that yield the most important results. What about other tasks that are urgent or that simply have to be done? If you cannot eliminate  or delegate them, see if you can spend less time on them. Some unimportant tasks can wait for months if necessary,  or they may not need to be done at all. Allocate as much time as possible to those activities that are related  to what you feel is truly worthwhile in light of your goals.  

7. KEEP A TIME LOG. To find out where your time is going, keep a time log for one or two weeks.  Is much time lost on unimportant activities?  Do most of your interruptions come from the same one or two individuals?  Are you most likely  to be interrupted during a certain part of the day or week? Eliminate time-wasting activities that have crept in. 

8. SCHEDULE LESS.  If you plan to shop for food, fix the car,  entertain friends, see a movie, and catch up on reading=all in one day-you will feel rushed and will likely enjoy nothing. 

9. MINIMIZE INTERRUPTIONS. block off a portion of time each day during which  you are not to be interrupted unless it is absolutely necessary. If possible, turn off your phone during this time. Also, turn off electronic pop-up alerts if they tend to interrupt your work. 

10. SCHEDULE THE MOST CHALLENGING WORK FOR THE TIME OF DAY WHEN YOU ARE MOST ENERGETIC AND ALERT. 

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From the AWAKE! magazine, 2010