5 Time Management Mistakes That Cause Stress & Clutter Skills You Should Start Improving

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These time management mistakes cause stress and lower your productivity. It causes inefficiency in our professional and personal lives. We end up losing our work-life balance.

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Due to time-management mistakes, our relationships and following personal interests become aimless. We only focus on finishing our work and have no time left for ourselves.

5 Time Management Mistakes That Cause Stress & Clutter Skills

5 Time Management Mistakes That Cause Stress & Clutter Skills

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1. Overwhelmed With To-Do List

Often we plan but fail to execute it. When the day ends, one might not understand where the time has been used.

This is because, after planning, we spent most of the thinking and imagining activities in the future. This is maladaptive daydreaming, where we feel good by imagining ourselves to be successful.

This leads to spending too much time inside our own heads and not taking action in the present time.

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By doing this, we lose out on time. However, this is the most difficult time-management mistake to be fixed easily.

One can constantly remind themselves if they are spending too much time in their own head.

When you get done with the day and realize you only did three things on your list of 20 to-do’s, it’s pretty frustrating. I hated this, so I don’t organize my tasks like this anymore. Recommended only focusing on ONE THING at a time. Don’t go to #2 until you finish #1.

2. Scrolling through social media

We scroll things on social media. Without knowing, we tend to spend hours on Youtube videos.

When we scroll through social media or watch our favorite Tiktok videos, our brain releases dopamine, giving us instant pleasure. To feel satisfied, we pitch our work. However, through dopamine detox, we can fix this.

This includes setting an alarm for scrolling social media and also rewarding yourself to watch videos only after finishing the tasks.

3. No Proper Planning Of Schedule

Don’t just do whatever comes your way. Instead, have exact times that you will do certain things in your week. Discipline and planning are required if you want to achieve your career goals.

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This is why I have a weekly review session where I review what I am doing each day of the next week and everything is scheduled into my calendar. If you don’t have a plan, your calendar will control you and I absolutely can’t stand that!

Remember, you are in charge of your time. You control your calendar. Your calendar doesn’t control you! You need to have a set time when doing things like email, reading, social media, working on your passions, etc., each week.

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“It’s important to plan out your day for maximum efficiency. You don’t have to know what you’re doing minute-by-minute, but try to set daily goals including tasks you’d like to complete, then prioritize them in order of importance preparation, and brainstorming to save time and energy.

4. No Proper Morning Routine

The biggest mistake I see made over and over is waking up and checking email first thing. I did this too when I was in corporate. It ruined my entire day, especially when I worked with people on the east coast who had been sending work emails for hours! I would wake up and immediately feel behind. It was a terrible way to start the day!

So now my morning routine consists of journaling, meditating, affirmations, vision board, reading, praying, and exercising. This has completely changed my life. Even if you are not an entrepreneur like me, all these things I used to do when I was in corporate every morning.

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Plan out your days to work on your most important tasks when you have the most energy and focus. If your peak is at sunset, that’s when you should block out the time to focus on your most important tasks. It’s a much better strategy than fighting against your body’s internal clock.

5. No Self Care Routine

Are you regularly taking care of yourself with a little pampering? A big mistake is not making time for YOU and what you love every single day. Are you giving yourself time to be refueled by working on your passions and your goals?

Understanding our self-care routine is connected with how we behave on time when we don't feel like doing things we want to and self-care can help you to overcome that difficulty and make you feel fresh and more productive and stress less.