Creating a time budget and simple system can help organize different parts of life. Divide waking hours by work, family, health, hobbies, and friends. Use a schedule and color-coded folders for paper organization. Allow for unscheduled personal time.
We all have different lifestyles and lives filled with unique relationships and specific responsibilities, but feeling disorganized in terms of life balance is common to many of us. Family and work are usually the two most conflicting aspects of trying to live a balanced lifestyle. We know that we need to spend quality time with family, but we also need to work to support our family, and some of us need to work long enough hours. In addition to work and family, we also have to deal with areas of our lives that involve our health, household chores, friends and social activities and hobbies. You can better organize the different parts of your life by creating a time budget and a simple system.
First, think about all the “who” and “what” in your life, like who you need and want to spend time with, and what your work obligations are in terms of time commitments. Then, divide your remaining waking hours by everything else. Of course, you won’t be able to follow exactly the amounts of time you’ve set for each part of your life, but doing so can help you better organize your time based on how you need and want to spend it. Make sure you allow yourself some unscheduled personal time to pursue your interests, hob and personal goals, and just to relax too!
Once you’ve decided how much time you want to devote to each part of your life, you can create a handy schedule to take with you to remind yourself how you’ve decided to organize your life. This can really come in handy when you’re feeling disorganized and stressed. You can change the time amounts and schedule whenever you need or want.
Paper clutter can still be a problem for many people even in this digital age. Any information you need to keep in paper form, you can use file folders to organize. Folders can be color-coded based on the colors you’ve assigned to each part of your life such as blue for work and green for finances. Then you can simply file receipts, coupons or other paper information in the appropriate folder for easy retrieval when you need it.
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