Articles on Scheduling, Organization and Time Management

Make use of time, let not advantage slip. ~ William Shakespeare

• How Can I Manage My Time Better? - Includes tips such as setting goals, having a prioritized "To Do" list and keeping a time log.
  
  
• Tips to Use Time Wisely - Plan your time using the 80/20 rule.
  
  
• Keeping Paperwork from Piling Up - ideas to keep those piles of files under control.
  
  
• Tips for Mothers on Managing Time - having to organize a whole house full of people can be overwhelming at times. Use these tips to help your household run more efficiently.
  
  
• How to Be on Time - helpful tips for chronically late people including keeping one master calendar, being prepared and scheduling travel time.
  
  
• More Tips for the Chonically Late - How to streamline your mornings, find your keys, and not oversleep.
  
  
• How to Schedule Appointments Efficiently - using one master calendar, calling to confirm the day before and using wait time efficiently can help to make the best use of appointment times.
  

Web Resources

Google Calendar - free online software that allows you to organize your schedule. If you can get your family and friends to use Google calendars, too, then you can see their schedules right next to your own. Visit www.google.com/calendar for more information.

Food for Thought

Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare. ~ Thomas Fuller

Nothing is so dear and precious as time. ~ François Rabelais

Recommended Books

Lakein, Alan. How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life. New York: New American Library, 1974.

Griessman, B. Eugene. Time Tactics of Very Successful People. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.

Tracy, Brian. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2001.