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Can you say with certainty that you use the time of your life effectively? Would you like change anything in your daily routine? Below you’ll find some efficient ways of time distribution.

• Analyze your activity during several days and make conclusions that will show how much time you spend on work and how long you are busy with trifles. Note down everything: the time you begin working, the moments you are distracted by talking with your colleagues, the time you spend on lunch, literally every action. After analyzing your notes you’ll be surprised with the results. You’ll clearly see when you are most active and when you get tired. Actually it is connected with the person type you belong to: there are owls (night people) and larks (morning people). From this experiment you’ll know when you are capable of doing the most important things efficiently.
• If you pursue a long-term goal, divide it in smaller tasks. It will be easier for you to follow the progress and correct mistakes. Make a preliminary plan of actions and try to put it into practice step by step.
• If your day consists of several tasks, make a list of them. It will prevent you from forgetting anything as details tend to slip away from our memory. Looking through the tasks, range them by importance so that you could begin with the most important and time-consuming.
• Concentrate on work and try not to yield to distractions, be attentive and persistent. It’s important not to be afraid of starting, sometimes it’s the hardest thing.
• Schedule your work properly. Try to define how much time you need to do a certain task; it will be useful while planning your day. It can insure you against overloading. You should be realistic while estimating your forces otherwise you can get disappointed with the results. A tight schedule makes you think about the time pressure but not about the process. Haste usually influences the quality of the work and naturally people are under stress in such situations. That’s why it’s necessary to have leeway for unexpected difficulties.
• As we can’t dominate in all spheres of human activity we should decide for ourselves what we would like to attain in life. It’s up to you whether you want to make a brilliant career or be a family person, earn lots of money and live it up or devote yourself to charity, become an active member of some movement or enjoy yourself within a family circle. There are so many alternatives, you just have to make up your mind.

Try to set an attainable goal and, if you have several of them, determine priorities. You won’t feel discomfort and your focus on a particular objective will be clear. Writing goals down is helpful as it gives the opportunity to express your wish more accurately. The main thing in achieving any goal is a strong motivation, it’s the driving-force. Remember it and your heart will prompt you the right choice.