Review: schedule the right things into your life
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2012
from book blogger Margaret Yang of the "Writing Slices" blogMost people already plan their days, and most of us have stuffed them to overflowing with activities. Our time management fault is not lack of a schedule, but that we're scheduling the wrong things. Andrews taught me to figure out my goals first, and then make sure I finish the activities that are compatible with those goals.This difference is crucial. TELL YOUR TIME is not a new scheduler or a program or a planner, but a new mindset. Instead of a schedule imposed from the outside, Andrews taught me to start from within. It's head-slappingly obvious, but not something I've seen addressed in any other time-management book. A schedule that's chosen rather than imposed is one I'm much more likely to keep. This doesn't mean I do what I want, when I want. Sure, I could "schedule" myself to watch television and eat key lime pie all day, but that's not compatible with my goals, so I won't. I also won't exclusively schedule work. Having fun is one of my goals, too, and TELL YOUR TIME encourages the reader to add fun to her days.Other books on this topic have left me feeling overwhelmed. After Reading TELL YOUR TIME, I felt capable and empowered, all by changing the way I think about time management.