Time Management

One of the biggest mind blowing things I read on the Internet within the last few months was an idea relating to time management in relation to learning a second language.

A day is basically a pie cut 3 ways - most of us spend roughly 8 hours sleeping (or trying to!), 8 hours working ... but what do we spend the other 8 hours doing?

We effectively have another work day in us each and every day. And while yes, relaxing is important, must we really spend 8 hours doing it? Granted taking care of ourself (and potentially others) takes time, there is cooking, cleaning, personal hygiene and so on - but I think I could manage all that in 2 hours a day (or less)!

So many of us think we're time poor - but is it time we're poor on or management skills?

That is why this December I'm making the most of the month, and the most of my days. It won't be me making any rash declaration of "I'm unplugging my computer!" because I still need to use my computer for things like talking to my fiance, and for earning the extra cash from doing surveys, But I do plan to make use of my time more effectively. I'm going to set myself a few skill based tasks.

I will keep my unit clean for the month (and by clean I mean decluttered!)
I will learn a song on my guitar
I will practice my Japanese on a nightly basis (writing up a journal of my day)
And most of all I will find my daily life being easier and less stressful in the future because I will have got some basics (like daily cleaning) down to a finely tuned skill. And by being clean and clutter free I will avoid having to waste time searching for items because I will just KNOW they are away where they should be!

I'll keep you updated!