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Learning how to manage time and the work-life balance

SKILL: Effective time management

 

 

EQF LEVEL (INTERNAL REFERENCE): 4

Keywords 

  1. Productivity
  2. Time management
  3. Private life
  4. Working life
  5. Priority

Introduction

Work-life balance is a recent and very broad concept. It refers to the ability and possibility of women and men to balance work and private life in a balanced way.

Today, true wealth is time, and people know it. As numerous research studies highlight, more and more people are finding themselves looking for a job that values both the work-life balance and the compensation component.


Content:

Applying time management strategies can be especially helpful for anyone who wants to be able to carve out more space for themselves, their hobbies, their mental and physical recovery, or their family, for example.

 

The first important step is to set priorities. It can often happen that we get caught up in trying to do everything, without  pausing to think about what things are really important to us. It sometimes happens that we get stuck in a routine or in expectations that are no longer relevant, overlooking the changes that may have occurred in our lives or in the new context in which we find ourselves. 

Our priorities could change and so need to be reviewed and updated, turning our focus on the things that are really important. This is a key step in keeping our lives more in balance and managing our time effectively.

 

One tool that can be particularly useful for time management is the use of a to-do list. This is a list in which we can write down all the activities to be done in our day and week. We can have one list or more, depending on the context. 

 

Once we have the to-do list, we can use the "Eisenhower Matrix"  technique to  prioritise the things we need to do. We might have urgent and important things that need to be done immediately; important but not urgent things that can be planned; urgent but not important things that could be delegated to others; things that are neither important nor urgent that could be superfluous activities and, therefore, can be eliminated.

 

In this way the optimization of time will allow a harmonious reconciliation with one's own life outside of the duties that we cannot shirk.




Final test 

Test 1 (Select the correct option): 

What is the first step to effective time management:

  1. To limit time for all activities
  2. To increase the number of activities
  3. To continue activities without changing routines
  4. To organize activities according to priorities

Test 2 (Select the correct option) :

What do people consider important in work today?

  1. Only the economic variable
  2. Only the working environment
  3. Work-life balance
  4. Balance between remuneration and decision-making power

Test 3 (fill in the gap):
One tool that can be particularly useful for time management is the use of _______.

  1. A fixed routine 
  2. An ever-changing wheel
  3. A to-do list sorted by priority
  4. A randomly ordered to-do list

Test 4 (multiple choice):

What is the utility of the Eisenhower matrix technique:

  1. To better manage activities to be undertaken immediately
  2. To manage time effectively
  3. To have an awareness of the activities to be delegated
  4. To have a less general view of activities



Language point



Read the sentences below:

 

  1. Our priorities could change, and so need to be reviewed and updated, turning our focus on the things that are really important.

 

  1.  We might have urgent and important things that need to be done immediately.

 

Both could and might show possibility. The difference is this:

 

 

 

Note that the degree of certainty or uncertainty also depends on the intonation and stress used.

 

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