Time Management and Stress
I find that when I manage my time the way I think it should be, it tends to cause stress to the people around me in and out of the class.
I feel everyone goes through some of that more often then we realize. I also find that when I'm organizing school and work my family feels the stress of my day. I like my day to go as planned but that doesn't always happen.
I feel that school sometimes puts alot of pressure on my and my co-workers. It seems they always want more and more with little reward. I really feel as if I do not have much control over my time.
Thanks for sharing April. Our administrators often want more and more for less. I know this can make life difficult.
Shawnie, have you ever found that it is far less stressful to bring work home and do it at an easier pace, than to let it build up at work?
I have experienced that when a manager delegates tasks or when certain responsibilities fall under my job description it is important for the managment team to be able to release me to perform those tasks as I see fit. If my job performance is lacking then I need to be able to recieve constructive critisizm amiably, not get offended and modify my job performance accordingly. This will reduce my overseer's stress levels and I will be able to opperate under lower levels of stress myself.
The hardest part of managing stress is prioritizing what needs to be done and actually do it in order. Todo lists are my savior!
Johnny, I have to agree with you. When I prioritize things and work within what I feel is an appropriate time frame for myself everyone around me seems to get stressed. This would include my family and some of the students I have had over the past year. I have gotten to the point in life that I have learned that not everything has to be done yesterday. I wonder if you would agree with my statement?
James Libell
My problem is that I have too many to-do lists. It's almost like I need a to-do list for my to-do lists. In a way, I have broken one to-do list into a set of manageable to-do lists, but I should probably better at homogenizing them and keeping them all in one place. To-do-les.
Yes, I like that word a lot. Lists should be consolidated. Otherwise, they get to be overwhelming and don't minimize stress.
