Where Does The Time Go??

We live in one of the fastest moving cities in the world; NYC. Everyday life overloads our agendas to the point that when our vacation time comes, we usually run as far away from NY as possible. So how can we manage this fast moving life better. The answer is simple...Management of time(Planning). People are usually so scatter brained that they hustle to do everything at the last minute. But little do they know that application of a little management principal to the way they handle time can significantly make their life easier.

Let's try to put this into perspective. For instance, lets use a college student because they seem to have a lot on their plate. we can use the planning principals from management to implement a plan of attack. Step 1: "Define your goals and objective; Know where you want to go; understand your deadlines. Be specific enough so that you will know you have arrived when you get there and/or how far off you are along the way". -----If we know what we have to do and whats our time limit, it can help us frame the situation at hand. Step 2: "Determine your resources and current status vis-á-vis objectives Know where you stand in reaching the objectives from the start; identify resources, group strengths that work in your favor and group weaknesses that can hold you back". -----If we know what resources we have at hand, strengths and weakness, than we can more effectively prioritize. Step 3: "Develop several alternative strategies Generate alternative scenarios for what may happen; identify for each scenario things that may help or hinder progress toward your objectives. Evaluate alternatives to assess strengths and weaknesses of each".---In this city, things always come up, so its good to have alternatives in case this happens. Step 4: "Make a tactical plan Choose the action alternative most likely to accomplish your objectives".----Now that we generated Alternatives, we can choose the one to best accommodate our schedule. (the others can be kept as back up)

"Step 5: Implement the plan and evaluate results: Take the planned action; measure progress toward objectives as implementation proceeds; take corrective actions and revise plan as needed".---Now that this semesters over, we can go back and look at how satisfied we are with the results.

In this time strained city(let alone world), management of time is crucial. Sometimes it can even be the difference between success and failure. So lets not be one of those students or people that show up on the deadlines with some mediocre document in their hand claiming they didn't have enough time to do it. Remember, its all about management.