It’s the dog days of summer when the August heat saps even the most hardy of our energy levels. Finding the bottom of our Iced Tea glass empty we shrug and continue to sit as if we have nothing more productive to do than relax. If we think hard enough we might struggle out of the lawn chair or the hammock that is gently rocking in the sea breeze only to lay back in the same and put off the inevitable.
Yes, I’m there with you. Summer is taking its’ toll. I’d rather stay inside than even make the one block trip to the pool where the water is as hot as my shower. The ocean is calling my name and for the cost of a parking ticket I could certainly go to Wrightsville Beach andtake my chair, towel and sandshoes. Yep, the sand is too hot to walk on. I’d sit under the pier and let the water run up over my feet and legs and just enjoy the shade provided by the pier.
For lunch, I’d head upstairs to the Oceanic Restaurant. I’d watch the people on the beach, thinking wow, they have energy to surf, and walk in the water, because yeah it is too hot to not wear shoes on the sand.
I’m actually gearing up for my summer vacation. A wonderful beach house down on Sunset Beach. It takes a miracle to get there, crossing a swing one lane bridge that someone, either in a boat or a car is always damaging. But to go and stay a few days, ocean breeze, Calabash seafood, shopping at Myrtle Beach South Carolina and tons of time with best friends will make my summer!
So what does all of this have to do with Time Management.
It might be obvious, but it might not.
Schedules, making sure things get done is so crucial to you being able to go do what is important to you that I could talk for hours on it. Here’s the gist of a long subject.
1. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, you are wasting time. Therefore, your time management is lost with the lost item or paperwork.
2. If you are wasting time, you are losing out on money. Either money for your company from which they pay you, or lost money from lost sales, lost appointments, lost anything that could have provided you with the means to do what you truly want to do.
Time management is more than making sure you’re on schedule for appointments. It is the point at which your schedule no longer runs you! It is what makes being able to take a vacation day or week or even a month (especially if you live in a place, like Europe, where a month’s vacation is the norm) away from your daily grind.
If you are struggling to find time in your daily schedule to get more done, faster and more efficiently then you need to talk to me. I can help you refine your schedule, the time you spend doing nothing at all and hopefully help you get to the beach!
Well, I’m off to get the rest of my research done and get a few chapters written in my book, Breaking the Clutter Habit.
See you later!
Denise
