Time Management

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This paper offers a personal view on time management. The author claims to have utilized traditional or basic time management methods without success. The paper focuses on a nontraditional time management strategies, like scheduling 'down time', communicating with others and keeping a running journal of one's moods.

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"The first of these is the need to schedule "down time" when I get to do something that I find personally rewarding, relaxing, or even just to "veg out" and do nothing. Such personal time has been found in various studies to improve our overall effectiveness as well as our overall well-being; even powerful executives and politicians benefit from taking a certain time to just be alone with their thoughts, get away from the pressures of everyday demands, and exist in a peaceful environment (Halsey 2001). Buddhism has long emphasized the need to simply "be" with ones thoughts as a necessity of a centered life, not one that focuses on the everyday but on the greater picture of ourselves (Gyatso 1992). Such a concept can be incorporated into my own need for peace and structure in my hectic schedule. If I can plan time to be calm and alone, just like I plan time to be in class, at work, and at the grocery store, that activity can take a priority in my life and add to my productivity."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (1992) Introduction to Buddhism(An Explanation of the Buddhist Way of Life New york: Tharpa Publications
• Carol Halsey (2001) "Quiet Time - The Greatest Technique of Time Management " at Business Resources Center, http://www.ecomhelp.com/KB/inspiration/kb_quiet-time.htm
• Stein, Loren (2001)"A Healthy Advantage, Ills and Conditions: Depression Recovery. available at http://www.ahealthyadvantage.com/topic/journaltherapy

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