Time Management It s a Family Affair!
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1 Time Management It s a Family Affair! Effective time management skills are essential to all adults and children. From scheduling and managing after school activities, to homework, to chores oh, and your life, too!! Day-to-day demands can become overwhelming and create an atmosphere of constant stress. Who doesn t want a calmer more efficient morning, a less hectic afternoon, and a more peaceful bedtime? By managing your own time wisely and modeling that for your children, you and your family can experience a more orderly, less stressful day. By becoming proactive in how you approach time you can make a noticeable and systemic difference in the in your life and the lives of your family members. Many of you already know the How To s of Time Management, yet you still struggle today. The heart of the issue for many goes beyond practical advice. Once we run through some of the valuable systems for keeping track of our lives we can focus on the deeper issue of how we choose to spend our time. Part 1 Valuable Systems are the Keys to Good Time Management In each aspect of Time Management discussed here, I encourage you to have a dual focus. One is on the content the brass tacks of what needs to be done. The second is on the process. This has to do with HOW you choose to implement what needs to be done. The small picture vs. the big picture. Keep in mind that your goal in parenting is to develop children who are independent, confident and resilient. I encourage you to involve your child in the process of what you are doing as much as possible so that they may also begin to emulate the process you go through to decide how to manage time.
2 1. Your Calendar Experiment! There are new types of calendars created all the time. Check out ical on the Mac. Google also makes a calendar that you can share ( calendar) Use different colors for different people. Be sure there is ample room to write appointments Block out realistic time frames directly on your calendar. Consider how long to get the children ready, driving time, waiting time, etc. Perhaps circle total time needed for event. Consider writing yourself a note on a date sometime before any event that you need prep time for. This will to give you a heads up that the date is approaching. If you use a PDA or computer calendar you might set an alarm for some time in advance. 2. Their Calendar Here is where we begin our modeling for our children. For Young Children The purpose here is to help children understand the structure of a week and a month. Let them see how time flows and certain events repeat. Empower them to look forward to plans independently. You can have one calendar for each child, or one for the family to share. You can make a calendar together with stickers, colors, etc. Dry erase boards with permanent marker for the days of the week work great. Use different color markers for each child. Stickers and/or different color markers give a visual view of their activities and family events. For Older Children and Teens
3 Once a child is actively using an agenda book in school it s a great tool to help them see school as part of their lives. Help them develop the skill of having a central area for their planning. This will give them a greater sense of control and independence as they grow. Help them incorporate their weekly activities, doctors appointments, social plans, etc. right in their agenda book. Remind them that they must consult with you before putting any plans in their agenda book to make sure there are no conflicts with you and so you can put the plans in your calendar as well. Teens might enjoy using their computer or phone for their calendar. Encourage them to experiment in developing their own style of organizing and managing their time. 3. Get organized the night before Review calendar for the next day to anticipate needs, activities Look at the weather report and pick out clothes Pack up backpack Have cell phone by charger Write any notes of last minute things for the morning (lunch from fridge, etc.) Straighten up room 4. Timers We can all get lost in our work or play. Having an external reminder that it is time to transition can make it easier to relax and be fully engaged in the current task at hand. Timers are also a great device to help children concretize the passage of time.
4 Set the alarm on your computer to remind you of appointments. Kitchen timers are great for helping children transition. Set the timer for the time remaining before dinner or homework time. Let the timer be the reminder not you. Let them learn to set it as their own reminder when they take breaks for homework. Purchase a watch with a built in alarm. Use your cell phone alarm. It can be set to any ringtone. 5. Staging Area Here is a helpful tip I learned long ago. Never leave a room to put something elsewhere until you are sure that s the only thing that needs to leave the room. Have a spot in each bedroom and one or more in your kitchen for transitions. This is where you will place anything that needs to leave the room next time you exit. Have your children pick a spot in their room to place their backpacks, school projects, items they need for afterschool activities, etc. Help them develop the habit of placing these items here at night before they go to bed. Having everything in one spot when it s time to leave will make the morning less hectic for all. 6. To Do lists and reminder notes For some, the To Do list can be an out of control random scattering of papers. For others it takes on a life of it s own as reorganizing and rewriting it becomes a To Do item as well. Still others just avoid To Do lists altogether. Here are some ideas that might help you better manage the process of keeping things in order.
5 If you are someone who uses a computer regularly, consider using it to manage your To Do list. ical on the Mac has spot for To Do s with the ability to set alarms or s as reminders for specific times. It also allows you to sort based on date or priority. If not Try to keep one main pad where you are the most for many that is the kitchen. Have that pad look different than other pads in the house and save it only for YOUR To Do list. Consider having a date or date range attached to any item that is not immediate. This will prevent it from blending in to an endless list of things to do. If your list becomes overwhelming, consider a break away list of things to focus on JUST THIS WEEK. Then each week you can pull from your master list and not have all those other items starring you in the face. Choose a regular time to review your list if it becomes lengthy. For many, nighttime is when the activity has settled and the mind is clear. This is often the perfect time to evaluate and perhaps rewrite your To Do list. Keep a notepad by your bed to jot down things you need or hope to get done. This is NOT the To Do list transfer these to your main list the next day. Give your children a special pad for their nightstand and teach them to jot down plans they hope to make or things the need to remember for school. Place reminder notes in the SAME spot you have designated as your transition area for when you leave a room. Remember, if you can develop the habit of having a few consistent spots you always look at you are less likely to forget important things. A little later in this article I will focus more on the deeper meaning of To Do lists 7. Pattern Planning
6 The more activities you do that are predictable, the easier it is to remember and make sure they are done. Like traditions and rituals, routines have a way of calming and comforting, as they are a regular part of our lives. Choose the same day each week for errands: groceries on Monday, dry cleaners on Wednesday, etc. Request the same appointment day and time when setting up routine visits such as dental, medication check-ins, counseling, coaching. For annual and bi annual events such as physicals, changing Air Conditioner filters, changing smoke detector batteries, choose a month that generally works for you and write a To Do a few weeks prior in your Calendar for scheduling. Set up a pattern for household chores for everyone. Alternate children s chores based on the month they are born or something similar. Ex. Child born on odd number month takes out trash and gets the front seat on odd months; the other child sets the table and feeds the dog. Keep your grocery-shopping list in the same place all the time and encourage family members to write their requests on the list themselves. 8. For some people, especially those who spend a great deal of time on the computer, tending to s can be both time consuming and distracting. Turn off that ping. I learned this one from the late Randy Pausch. That Ding every time you receive a new has the power to pull you away from other work you might be engaged in. By turning off the sound, you regain your control over when you choose to check your s.
7 Remove yourself from s as often as possible. At the bottom of marketing s there is usually an unsubscribe link. The moments it will take you to do this are nothing compared to the time you will spend deleting their s each and every time not to mention the one s for the companies they sell your address to. 9. Implementation New ideas are great, but too many of them at once can create chaos and take up much of your time. Try to implement new ideas one at a time. Be sure that the change is a good choice for you and your family. Just because a time management idea works for a friend or neighbor does not mean it will work for you. You may be wasting more time trying to fit yourself into a system that is not right for you! Remember that each family member has a different learning style and different level of comprehension. What is right for you may not be right for everyone in your family. I love ical and use it with my daughter. I invite her to her doctor appointments, etc. and she invites me to let me know about her work schedule. My son, however, hates to have to look at the calendar on the computer. He recognizes that being connected to it too often distracts him. Learning to manage your time is a process. The more you do it, the easier it becomes. When starting a new plan, praise and encourage your children on all levels of success as they get used to the process. Try to involve your children in the in the decision making as much as possible. Solicit their assistance and input as you plan your new strategies. Part 2 Time Where did it Go??
8 Sense of Time is a developmental skill. Children, especially those with ADHD, do not have the same mastery of time that adults do. They may have difficulty judging and anticipating the true amount of time it takes to accomplish tasks big or small. Also, many children, again especially those with ADHD, have difficulty transitioning from one activity to the next. They may become so attached to their current activity that they feel unable to pull themselves away. Here are some basic tips that might be helpful: 1. Do some Time estimation exercises. a. For one week see how accurate you and your children are at predicting how long a given activity actually takes. Use a clock or timer to see time move as you complete a task. Try playing beat the clock just to raise their interest in looking at time as a factor in what they do. You can use the Task Time Estimation Estimated Vs. Actual handout. Estimate the time REALLY needed for getting ready in the morning, eating a meal, doing laundry, reading 15 pages, completing a math sheet, etc. For younger children ask them to predict how long getting dressed or cleaning their room might take and then see how long it actually takes. b. Another way to look at Time is to see how much of it is already committed vs. having time for unplanned or unscheduled events. Simply write down how much time is needed for all the things you MUST do each day (eat, sleep, get dressed, homework, etc.) and add it up. Then subtract that time from 24 hours and you will see what time is available for everything else. 2. Plan to allow for extra time so there is no need to rush. It is less stressful, especially for some children, to arrive a few minutes early and allow time for adjustment to the new
9 setting (even if a familiar one) then to arrive just on time or a few minutes late. 3. Give advance notice about what you will be doing next and when it will be happening. We ll be eating dinner in 15 minutes, so begin cleaning up. We ll be leaving for school in 5 minutes, check to make sure you have done your morning tasks. Remember to use a timer so You are not the nag!! Especially for younger children or those who have an especially difficult time with transitions, try this: Join in their activity for the final few minutes so you can help them transition. Rather than insisting on an abrupt departure, spend even one or two minutes down at your child s level and help them make the transition. Dani, I see you really like playing with Paige, how about we make plans for next week to do this again. Jordan, I see you are getting even higher on that game. Tomorrow will you show me how you got to that part? Transitioning won t always be smooth, but you are teaching a skill and helping stay calm. 4. Take an extra moment and breathe. Sometimes, when children have trouble disengaging from an activity, we have a tendency to get frustrated and perhaps panic about the pending struggle and about being late to the next appointment. Panic and Pressure won t budge your child. It might even prolong the process. Part 3 Time for Reflection on Time
10 Now we have arrived at a place were we can look deeper into the choices we make regarding how we spend our time. Has this ever happened to you? It s the end of the day and your spouse comes home and says, How was your day? After the pleasantries are exchanged your spouse says, So what did you do today? It is then you realize that yet another day has gone by you when you didn t get to do x, y, and z that you had promised yourself you would. You vow to do better next time. Steven Covey, author of several influential books on effective living, shows how we devote much of our time in ways that do not serve us best. In a simple yet clear graph he enables us to visually see how we devote much of our time. I invite you to take a little time out of your day to do some selfreflection and explore the conundrum we call Time Management. Take a look at the Chart. If you are like most people, you usually spend time doing the things in Quadrant I (stuff that s both Important and Urgent like tending to deadlines and crises), and almost never get to Quadrant IV (like reading junk mail). Covey suggests that where we should be spending our time is truly in Quadrant II, where things may not be Urgent, but they are Important. These are the things that help us both move forward in our lives and enjoy and enrich our lives (things like planning for future events, enjoying the zoo with your family). Most often, however, most people tend to focus on Quadrant III where things are Urgent but Not Important
11 (perhaps the newest s to your inbox or the upcoming meeting). Here is an exercise he recommends to help you understand and manage the choices you make in how you spend your time. 1. Get 20 or 30 note cards. On each card, write down one thing on your mind that you should do, want to do, have to do, wish you did, hope you get to do you get the idea. Include everything, no matter how large or small. Keep writing cards until you can no longer think of anything. (Don t worry; you can add more cards later). 2. Once you have written out as many cards as you can, separate the cards into two piles: Urgent things that have to be done now, and Not Urgent things that can wait (even if you don t want them to). You can refer to the chart to help you with this process. 3. Now go through each of these piles a second time, this time separating the cards into piles of Important and Not Important. Sometimes, this can take some thought and your decision is purely subjective. Is the trip to the zoo important? The four resulting stacks correlate with the Covey Quadrants: Important/Urgent, Important/Not Urgent, Unimportant/ Urgent, Unimportant/Not Urgent. 4. For now, put a rubber band around the stacks that are Unimportant/Urgent and Unimportant/Not Urgent and put them aside for review at a later date. (Side note: It will be interesting to take these out in a month or two and review which ones you want to rip up and which you will want to incorporate into your present life.) 5. Now the fun begins. Make a commitment to yourself to really examine the cards in Quadrant II the items that are
12 Important and Not Urgent. My experience shows that these items contain the gems of your life. The things that, when done, help you to live a calmer, more fulfilling life. Many people find that once they have completed this exercise they have a clearer vision of their priorities in life. However, that is often not the end of the process. It is truly just the beginning. The true magic is in making the things happen that we find important but are not pressed or required to do. Examples might be developing new hobbies, enhancing your professional education, building on friendships, spending time with loved ones, writing a book, and getting your retirement finances in order. Now that you have taken the time to reflect on how you can spend your time, you have some choices to make. You have opened the door to your true desires, now it s up to you do decide to make these things happen. Sometimes, and for some goals (perhaps spending more time with family or reorganizing your closets), knowing what you want to accomplish is enough to get you started. Other goals, like creating a calmer home or expanding your business might need more thought, planning, or support to get you to the finish line. Enlist a friend, a family member, or perhaps the services of a professional Coach to keep you moving forward. Then you can know that wonderful, calm, satisfied feeling at the end of each day that you spent your time well. Bonus Tips: 1. Schedule a meeting with yourself once a month to look at the bigger picture of your to do lists. Choose a long-range item, one that never gets off the list, and plan to do it. Feels great to get it done!
13 2. Find a coaching partner. Saying your goals out loud and being accountable to someone else greatly increases your chances of success!! Written by Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ACAC ADHD Parent Coach
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