Squeeze More Time Out Of The Day

We want to achieve somethings. But we don't have time for that. Why? Either we want to achieve too many things or we don't manage our time properly. But a small hitch is that unless we don't have the skill to estimate things properly, we cannot decide whether we are really dealing with too many things or we are just inefficiently using our resources (including time). I will write on the subject of proper measurement and estimation of tasks later. This is very important because it will let us know how much we can accomplish in a given period of time and thus lead us to schedule finite number of things, achieve them, have a sense of accomplishment, and be happy. Any gross overestimation of our capabilities will only lead to disappointment.

Irrespective of what situation we are in, it is always good to manage our resources efficiently. This will lead us to be a more productive person. A recent article on how to have a 36 hour day has the following interesting tips (I don't agree that you can squeeze out 12 hrs, it will be far less, nevertheless better than usual):

• Improve your sleep: Sleep whenever you feel so, but always get up at the same time everyday. Steve says so. When you lay on bed, sleep properly. For this, keep your bed room as a bed room. Keep it dark, clean and quiet.
• Improve your diet: It is said that much of body's energy is spent in ingesting and eliminating the stuff we take in. So, if we let our digestive system go easy on us, then we will have more energy to spend for other things. So, keep the diet to items like vegetables, fruits etc. that are easily digestible.
• Multitask: We are told generally that multitasking activities does not work. But one key are where one can multitask is to mix physical and mental activities. Say exercising and listening to some useful audio. Multitasking two mental tasks can infact lead to more time spent.
• Get organized: Mess creates unnecessary pressure upon us. This unnecessary pressure gets released in the form of tension and results in depletion of energy. The key here is to arrange things so that our mind gets completely convinced that things are at proper places and feel relaxed. Given that, it can do better things. Not only that, if we are better organized, we can access/retrieve our stuff faster and easier which also increases our productivity.
• Use software tools to your advantage
• Cut TV
• Seek help from the system, instead of trying to get everything done by yourself.