The amount to do usually exceeds available time. It is equally true that most of us have substantial flexibility in how we go about organizing our time. Thriving in this environment depends upon wise and thoughtful use of our time. Here are a few time management concepts that might prove useful for productivity, job satisfaction, and good relationships, whether one is a faculty member or student, administrator or staff. These relate to time off work as well as time on the job.
Pacing has two meanings.
It means starting early enough to avoid last-minute time crunches. Deliberate efforts to schedule tasks well in advance and to slow one's pace of talking, walking, and eating can help. One approach to achieve better balance is to identify what is truly important to you, then to ask whether each is present too much, too little, or about right. Then identify concrete steps to improve that balance. Our overloaded, fast-paced way of living and working commonly includes jamming activities together with no space between them.