I'm a good example of today's busy lifestyle. I have a 9-5 job, content writing assignments and blogs for managing in night, a two years old kid and two pet dogs who are fond of messing everything when they find me around. It's extremely hard for me to find out time for things that I truly enjoy doing. For example, web design and photography. Often such things remain in the end of my to-do list for several weeks but I still don't get time to get my hands on them.
A few days back when I was setting my resolutions for the New Year, I decided that this year in 2014 I'll slow down a bit and will try to do everything that I enjoy. And 3 days ago I realized that making more room in my work schedule will be a must requirement for doing all those things.
Luckily, I found 4 quick and easy time management tips from my yoga practice. Take a look at them, and apply them to your work life for managing time in a better way:
- Mono-task. I don't have any idea about from where I first heard about this concept but I felt it exceedingly while practicing yoga. For instance, when we're practicing Tree Pose, we can't even think of something else otherwise we'll lose our balance and fall eventually. Same is true for work too. Even if we're doing something that we truly enjoy doing, we won't be able to feel that joy if we divert our attention towards our mailbox in every five minutes.
- Discipline. Discipline and proper structure are also two most important requirements of practicing yoga. And in my professional life too whenever I've been successful in completing my projects on time I've been only through proper structure of my work schedule and discipline.
- Setting priorities. Prioritizing things is undoubtedly the most important part for getting your to-do list done in a proper way. It helps in developing a structure of your day that you can follow for completing tasks or can adjust if it's required. It helps in creating a balance. Keep the things that require most creativity in the beginning of your day and things that charge you and fill with energy (i.e. listening to music, a yoga session or probably a nap) in the middle of your day at which time you start getting exhausted. This will help you in holding your energy throughout the day. If you can't keep a yoga session in the middle because you go to office then you should do it in the morning before doing anything else.
- Ask for help when you need it. In the earliest days of my yoga practice I used to get offended if my teacher came to offer some help by blocks or straps while I'm trying to balance in a tough pose. However, now I realize that without that help I could never understand the nuances of every pose. Same is true for our work life too - look, we all may not be rich enough for having personal assistants. So taking help of someone (husband, friend or relative) isn't bad if someone is ready to help in getting your work completed. It'll help a lot if you've an extensively long to-do list.
This article was written by John Drewry for increasing awareness in people about the importance of Yoga.
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