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Time Management Tip: Rewire the Brain for the Present
The next time you’re having an anxiety attack due to time management, take a step back and look at what you’re thinking. More often than not, what’s causing the panic is the thought of:

• Not having enough time for everything on your to do list
• How things need to get done for future’s sake
• All of the tasks you have to do in the coming days / weeks / months
• Guilt over having “wasted” time or not been sufficient in managing it
• Things in the present moment holding you back from being productive.

The past, present and future circumstances all mixed into one pot.Once you’ve pin pointed the precise thoughts that are causing you to panic, section them off into their appropriate boxes.The easiest to get rid of is the past. Everything that falls into the past category: just throw it all out. It matters the least. What’s done is done and there’s no going back so resentment, guilt, all of that, it’s a complete waste of time and only going to put you further behind schedule.

Next, we set the future problems to the side. That’s something for your future self to worry about. Should we know where we’re headed? Definitely. Should we panic and obsess over things that aren’t in front of us today? Absolutely not.
Time Management Tip: Stay Present
The present moment is the only one that truly matters. It’s the only thing we’re promised. Right here, right now.

I’m an optimist but I’m also a realist (and Idealist) and the truth of the matter is, none of us know how much time we have. Those things we’re worrying about next week? May not ever come to pass.We must know what we hope for the future and what things may need to be done when the likelihood of them coming around does. But we also should remain unattached to any outcome, situation or circumstance.

Trust that whatever happens, will be in our best interest as long as our vibrations remain in the correct state.The noticing of your mind wondering to other time frames and the act of bringing it back to the present moment creates neural pathways in your brain. It strengthens these pathways every time you notice and every time you bring your attention back.

The stronger these neural pathways become, the more staying present will become second nature and habitual. It’ll become your normal state, reducing the amount of time management related panic attacks that come about.
A Mindfulness Practice
A mindfulness practice will help you accomplish this state of remaining in the present moment.

Note that it’s called a practice for a reason. You’ve spent your entire life up until this point strengthening those neural pathways towards dividing and panicking. You have to retrain your brain to focus on what’s in front of you instead.

Once you notice your mind has wondered to other unhelpful time frames and you bring it back to the present, engage your senses.

• Look around. What do you see?
• Notice the colors, the textures.
• What do you smell?
• What do you hear?
• Do you taste anything?
• What are you feeling? Both inside and out
• Are emotions present? Where in your body do you feel them?

Ground yourself in the solidity of the senses of your physical body. The only thing that matters is right here, right now. You can repeat a mantra / affirmation that helps you such as “right here, right now” or “Be in the now” or simply “now”. Whatever you like.This is what’s going to make the most impact on your time management. Once you can train your mind to
Treat Your Time Like MoneyAssign a dollar amount to an hour of your time. How much is an hour of your day worth? Say you chose $20 as a representation. If you spend an hour on Facebook, do you feel comfortable paying $20 an hour for being there?

Another way to think in terms of money is to assign each of the task on your todo list a dollar amount. Is this a $5 task or a $25 task?

$25 tasks help us reach goals faster and feel more productive. $5 tasks are little things that matter but don’t matter, like laundry. It absolutely matters but realistically it’s never going to be finished and it’ll just eat away at your time if you try to keep it caught up.

Mind, this is coming from a mom of 2. If it’s just your laundry, it may be a $10 task. Anyway, customize it to you and your life and don’t let the chump change steal away all of your time and energy. Focus on the bigger fish.Time is our most valuable resource. Spend it wisely.
Know Your Goals

We waste a LOT of time sitting around trying to figure out our next move. If you’re super crystal clear on your goals and what you’re trying to build, you can reverse engineer them into a list of tasks required to get there.

Once you have your task list, look at your calendar and plan out when you’re going to implement. Actually schedule it in, give yourself a deadline. Color code it. Time block it. Utilize voice reminders on your phone.

Plan your butt off and spend at least 10 minutes a day, preferably in the evening, doing so.When you know exactly what is on your plate, you don’t have to waste time wondering what to do next. You can just jump right into it.

Marie Kondo everything in your life that doesn’t bring you joy or get you closer to your goals. The clearer you are on the vision of your ideal life, the easier it will be to ditch that which isn’t manifesting that vision.