How to Create a Daily Schedule | Time Management Technique

Your Comprehensive Time Management & Schedule Designer

Based on "The Successful Person's Guide to Time Management" – Master your time, achieve your goals, and live a more fulfilling life!

1. Evaluate Yourself: Reasons for Better Time Management

A good way to begin taking charge of your life is to give yourself several good reasons for wanting to manage your time better. Focus on what you want and need most in your life.

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Reason 3:

Reason 4:

Your Reasons:

2. Assess Your Time-Management Behavior

Use the following matrix to assess your current time-management skills.

Behavior	How often? (1=Seldom, 2=Sometimes, 3=Frequently)	How important? (1=Not at all, 2=Somewhat, 3=Very)	Rating

Your Assessment Results:

A score of more than 5 on an item suggests that you value that time-management practice and do it frequently.

The highlighted items (ratings less than 5) describe practices that you do not find important or have not found time to implement.

3. Find Your Prime Time: Energy Graph

One key to better time management is to find your high-energy periods and schedule complex tasks when you are likely to be at your best. Choose a typical day and evaluate your energy level each hour.

Date for Energy Graph:

ENERGY LEVEL

Your Energy Peaks and Valleys:

Use your high-energy times for important tasks that require greater effort and attention. Save routine work for your low-energy periods.

4. Set Short- and Long-term Goals

Goal setting is crucial to effective time and life management. Your goals become more powerful when you put them into writing. The more specific, realistic, measurable, and achievable your goals are, the greater your chance of reaching them.

What Do You Want to Change?

List no more than five objectives that you will commit to regarding how you manage your time.

Your Committed Objectives:

Life Goals

List your four or five most important lifetime dreams, values, and goals.

Your Lifetime Goals:

Five-Year Goals

List the three or four goals you want to accomplish in the next five years.

Your Five-Year Goals:

Six-Month Goals (If You Had Only Six Months to Live)

If you knew you were going to die within six months, what goals would you want to accomplish? List four of them below. Rank your goals in the order of importance to you.

Order:

Order:

Order:

Order:

Your Ranked Six-Month Goals:

Break Down Your Most Important Six-Month Goal

Break your most important goal into manageable, bite-sized pieces. List the specific steps you will take in the next six months to help you accomplish this goal. Rank the tasks in order.

Your Most Important Six-Month Goal:

Order:

Order:

Order:

Order:

Goal Breakdown:

Goal:

Steps:

5. Your Daily To Do List & Schedule Builder

This system helps you get the important things accomplished—one day at a time. Define your tasks and then generate your optimized schedule!

Date for Schedule:

Tasks for Today:

TASK	Priority* (1-5)	Duration (mins)	Energy Required	Delegated to (name)	Done!	Reward	Actions
			High Medium Low

Schedule Generation Settings:

Schedule Start Time (HH:MM):

Schedule End Time (HH:MM):

Break Duration (minutes per break):

Break Frequency (hours between breaks):

Notes to Myself:

Your Daily Schedule for :

Unscheduled Tasks:

Notes:

Remember: Set priorities, allow time for interruptions, use your prime time, be good to yourself, set aside time for yourself, limit time on hated tasks, delegate, consolidate, cross off completed tasks, don't carry over unimportant tasks, and reward yourself!