How to Make Time by Prioritizing and Scheduling

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Identify your priorities.

   Select four or five things that you absolutely must do or are important to you.
   
   This may include work, school, a significant other, your family, anything that you feel you should devote a good amount of time to.
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   Step 2: Write out every hour of the day on a piece of paper starting with the hour you wake up.

   If you wake up at 6:30 a.m., start with 6:00 a.m.
   
   Then make a list going to 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., etc. until you’re back to the beginning.
   
   You’ve just made a schedule! , A lot of people feel that their job is the most important – we have to earn money after all – so getting to work on time and leaving on time would be a high priority.
   
   Block out this time on your schedule. , Place these in your schedule where they fit. , Adults should get 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep.
   
   Teenagers should get about 8-10 hours of sleep, often in the form of a nap and 6-7 hours sleep.
   
   Children should get about 8-9 hours of sleep and a 1-2 hour nap. , This should coincide with your morning and evening priorities.
   
   Weekends should be no different than weekdays.
   
   Wake up at the same time all the time.
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   Step 3: Determine what you need the most.

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   Step 4: Determine the other priorities

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   Step 5: ranking the most important to the least important.

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   Step 6: Identify when you should go to sleep.

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   Step 7: Get into a regular sleeping rhythm

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   Step 8: waking up at the same time in the morning and going to bed at the same time each night.

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