Unit 1:
Balance
Your Time
Balanced Living Definition
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Stability, equality, harmony
Caring appropriately for all life areas
Don’t over-do or under-do
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Balanced Living
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Balance Your Time
Manage Your Stress
Feed Your Body
Move Your Body
Rest Your Body
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Overview
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Determine priorities
Manage time to allow for priorities
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Using time-management tools and
techniques
Simplify to allow for priorities
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Determine Priorities
Relationships
 Health
 School
 Work
 Recreation
 Spiritual
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Your Top Priorities
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What Takes Most of Your Time?
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Compare time use with priorities
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When to Evaluate Priorities
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Yearly
After major life changes
When you feel overwhelmed
When adding significant new
responsibilities
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Manage Time
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Write a master list
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Include everything
Note key dates and deadlines
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Start Your Master List
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Manage Time
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Write a daily task list
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Appointments and scheduled events
3-5 things from master list
Prioritize items on the list
Does your list match your priorities?
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Manage Time
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Set limits
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Time limit for each task
Number of tasks to accomplish
General limits
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Manage Time
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Focus on one thing at a time
Do the most important things at your
peak energy time
Avoid interruptions
Build in a padding
Be aware of technology drains
What steals time?
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Include Time For:
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Self
Relationships
Physical activity
Sleep
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Having Trouble Managing Time?
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Analyze how you spend your time
for several days
Look for unproductive time
Adjust method
Don’t book every minute
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Simplify
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Mornings
Schedule
Possessions
Expectations
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Simplify Mornings
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The night before
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Review task list
Take a shower
Lay out clothes
Prepare your lunch
Pack up for the day
Set your alarm with
some padding
included
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Simplify Schedule
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Say no if it does not meet a priority
Don't fill the calendar
Schedule time for fun and relaxation
Delegate
Combine fun and needs
Put in deadlines, and work
backwards to fill in mini-tasks.
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Simplify Possessions
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Declutter your life to declutter your
brain
Form follows function
Decide where to start
Set start date and time
Get others to help
Need vs. want
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Summary
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Determine priorities
Manage time to allow for priorities
Simplify to allow for priorities
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SMART Goals
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Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Rewarding
Time-bound
Balance Your Time
Goal
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Set a time-management goal that
will help balance your life
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SMART Goals
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Rewarding
Time-bound