9 Ways to Free Up Time in Your Day

Every­one has the same amount of time in their day. We can’t get any more time than what we have either. Once it’s gone, that’s it. With mar­ket­ing and run­ning an online busi­ness, there can a lot to do.

But there are ways to claim our time back, all is not lost. Just by free­ing up a short amount of time we can become more effi­cient and get more done. Here are 9 ways to free up some more time and become more focused.

1. Get up a bit ear­lier: Get­ting up a bit ear­lier will add some extra time to your day. Even get­ting up a half a hour ear­lier than usual will give you some extra time you can use productively.

2. If you can, stay up a bit later: Just as above, even an extra half an hour in the evenings can give you ample time to fin­ish tasks. But if your extremely tired already, I wouldn’t sug­gest this, as your qual­ity of work may suffer.

3. Set cer­tain time frames for your task: This will keep things in con­sis­tent pat­terns and help you stay more focused. Your more likely to work harder on a task if you know you only have a cer­tain amount of time.

4. Giv­ing up some free time: Out­side of the work we do, we all have hob­bies and things we do to relax. Some of these can short­ened or taken out com­pletely. Such as watch­ing tv. You won’t miss it after awhile of it being gone.

5. Set cer­tain time frames for your free time: Just like the time you should set aside for your work, you can set time frame for your free time. This cre­ates con­sis­tency and gives you a time limit for your free time.

6. Del­e­gate cer­tain tasks: If you can afford it, out­sourc­ing is an excel­lent way to free up some of your time. If you have very repet­i­tive tasks that don’t really change much, it might be worth look­ing into hav­ing some­one else do it for you.

7. Are tasks help­ing you achieve your goals: Look over your daily tasks and see what is really help­ing you to work towards your goal. Some tasks that you pick up don’t always help towards your pro­gres­sion. Get rid of these if you can.

8. Elim­i­nate dis­trac­tions: When you set down to do a task, elim­i­nate any dis­trac­tions. Turn off the phone, your email alerts, tell your fam­ily, what­ever you need to do. Some sim­ple peace and quiet will help you get things done much faster.

9. Prac­tice: The more you tackle your tasks, the eas­ier they become. This means you can do them faster and more effi­ciently. Not to men­tion, the bet­ter you know your tasks you can find bet­ter ways to accom­plish them as well.

These are just a few ways to free up some of your time. Now you can use some of that time for other tasks, or give your­self a break (which is just as important).

There are plenty more ways to cre­ate more time for your­self and your work. The point is to keep your­self focused, and learn how to become more effi­cient in the things you do. That in itself will free up time as well.

One last note: Don’t for­get to set aside time for peo­ple clos­est to you. It’s easy to get sucked into our work­ing. Con­stantly improv­ing and cre­at­ing and work­ing hard to make money. Just remem­ber time is pre­cious, espe­cially for those you love.

~Chris

What other sug­ges­tions do you have to cre­ate more time in your day?

Sim­i­lar Posts:

• Dis­trac­tions — 9 Prac­ti­cal Ways to Deal With Them
• Become a Mar­ket­ing Addict
• What to Do With Those Lit­tle Bug­gers Called Distractions

I’m glad to see you back at The OMV. I hope your enjoy­ing your time. Feel free to con­tact me for any­thing and if you haven’t already, don’t for­get to sub­scribe to The OMV Newslet­ter. Leave a com­ment too! I’d love to hear from you.