| Admit it! Don't you wish that there were 48 hours in each day? I know I do. It seems the more successful I am, the more I need to do or want to do. Unfortunately, there are only so many hours in the day and I do need my sleep. For a person just starting out in Internet marketing, this problem is even worse as they have yet to find a direction and have so much more to do just to get the ball rolling. That's why budgeting your time is so important. But to say you have to budget your time is one thing. www.impacts-popup.com Doing it is a whole different ball of wax. Fortunately for the reader of this article, he or she is about to discover some of the best techniques for budgeting their time. How do I know? Because this overworked marketer uses them daily and they literally save my life. If you're wondering how I keep sane each day, keep reading.
The first thing I do is get out my spreadsheet program and make a schedule. I list all the things that I have to do in the day and place a number just to the left of it, from 1 down to however many things I have to do. I list them in order of priority. The main items go first followed by the ones that aren't as important. This allows for the unforeseen event that you can't get to everything, either because the cat chewed your computer cable or you simply lost all power in the house.
The next thing I do is estimate how long each item is going to take to do. Sometimes this can be the hardest part, especially if it's something you've never done before. Take your best guess on this. www.free-ad-system.com After you've estimated the duration of each item, see how many hours of your day you've actually allotted. Hopefully, you haven't gone over 24, provided that you don't need any sleep.
The final step is to get out a timer. If you don't have one, get one. What you're going to do is set that timer for the first item on your list. Say you've estimated that this item is going to take you one hour to complete. Set your timer for one hour and start it running. One of two things is going to happen. You'll either finish that item before the timer goes off or the timer will go off first. In either case, that item is done and you move on to the next one. This is the only way that you're going to discipline yourself to get through a day's work and get as much done as possible.
I've been using this system for over four years and trust me, it does work.
Try it sometime. You might be pleasantly surprised at the results.
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