Because we are social creatures, in addition to the time we allocate to our responsibilities, we also have needs such as devoting time to our relatives and friends, doing things we enjoy, and taking care of our hobbies. However, we encounter many people who complain that they cannot find time to fulfill these responsibilities or meet social needs. On the other hand, we often complain about our children, spouses, and friends not being able to complete their work on time, keeping us waiting even though they promised, and being late for appointments. In response to these complaints, there is definitely a problem that these people who cannot complete their work, keep the other person waiting, and are late for their appointments offer as an excuse. This problem is sometimes caused by traffic, sometimes by work taking longer, and sometimes by responsibilities taken on at the last minute. However, with exceptions that may occur from time to time, it can be predicted how long the work to be done or the path to be taken will take, and in fact, we all have enough time (at an acceptable level, of course) for the work we want to do. So, why can't work be completed or are it late? The answer to this question will not be "the excuses offered" but "the time is not planned sufficiently". Learning to plan time correctly is a necessary step in being able to deal with the needs as well as responsibilities in life and to live as stress-free as possible.
The ability to organize our goals, responsibilities, personal interests and the activities of our social life in a way that can be carried out together. It is called "time planning". This skill provides many advantages. It can be mentioned that it has many advantages such as an organized life, a feeling of success, avoiding unnecessary fatigue, preventing forgetting and being late, preventing feelings of guilt, feeling of control over life and eliminating the stress caused by uncertainties.
We all, especially We have made an effort to plan our time at certain periods. However, for some of us, this effort has often been in vain. So why does this happen? What are the reasons that prevent us from planning our time? Keeping in mind that the reasons may be different for everyone, some factors appear to be more common. ir. For example, perfectionism. In time management, having a goal such as "perfect time planning" means being disappointed and giving up after a short time. Because a plan that lacks flexibility or does not include personal needs is a plan that is difficult or even impossible to comply with for everyone. Another important obstacle to planning is procrastination behavior. While procrastination manifests itself in time planning, it also plays a disruptive role in keeping up with the planning. We can encounter many examples of procrastination and its consequences in our daily lives; postponed payments resulting in interest, postponed homework resulting in low grades. , postponed visits and phone calls that result in interpersonal resentments, postponed healthy eating, sports and other health behaviors that result in advanced health problems... As can be seen, procrastination is a harmful habit that puts us in great trouble and makes us feel that our life is out of our control. On the other hand, overconfidence or lack of self-confidence also hinders the development of time planning skills. Although self-confidence is a good and useful feature, too much of it leads to "never giving up" and its deficiency leads to "lack of courage" and "not trying at all". Finally, there is another skill we will need to keep our time planning on track. Our ability to "say no" seems important, as it will allow us to prevent issues that we did not include in our planning and disruptions that may occur. If we cannot say "no" to the demands coming from our environment when necessary, we can say that many of our jobs are doomed to be disrupted because of this.
Undoubtedly, many other factors may be an obstacle to proper time planning. Identifying the factors mentioned here and other factors to be discovered individually and taking precautions will be extremely useful in terms of time planning and the continuity and functioning of the plans made. Let's not forget that "those who use their time in the worst way complain most about the shortness of time" (La Bruyere).
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