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Category: Time Management

  • Stress Reduction: Leisure Time Activities

    In the last byte, we looked at time management and how it reduces stress. In today’s byte, we look at leisure time activities and the role they play in reducing stress.

    It is generally found that people chase high achievement in their life – they therefore strive unremitted. Taking a break or a vacation is something that people believe that their work ethics or cultural barrier wouldn’t permit! Leisure is thought of as a luxury among working people. The leisure time activities provide employees a refreshing time – it helps rest and recovers from strenuous activities either at home or at work place.

    The leisure time activities need not be sleeping or relaxing at home, it could be cleaning the house or even gardening. The essential aspect of these activities is their ability to reduce the stress and increase the benefits of pleasure for the individual attempting to do it. The key to effectively use leisure time is making it enjoyable.  One could think of using the time to be spontaneous, natural, and joyous, connect with people with whom they live in their neighborhood etc.

    If breaks are not managed well, they could lead to job burnouts, and this could result in fadeout for the employee. It is important that vacations and leisure breaks are taken periodically and should be a recurring activity.

  • Stress Reduction – Time Management

    In the last byte, we looked at how positive thinking could help reduce stress levels compared with a person negative thinking. In today’s byte, we look time management and see how an individual’s time management helps reduces stress.

    One of the most common sources of stress is improper time management. This is not just the case in a work setting but also for individual at school! Some symptoms of inefficient time management include a constant rush, missing deadlines, a feeling of being down by large work load, insufficient rest time and indecision too in many cases!

    By being able to manage time at a macro level using an effective technique – GP3 could prove extremely effective. Let’s see what the GP3 stands for:
    G – Goals: Set goals that are challenging yet attainable
    P – Prioritizing: Prioritize the set goals in terms of their relative importance/urgency
    P – Planning: Plan to attain these goals through setting the specific tasks, activities, scheduling, or even delegation
    P – Praising: Encourage yourself on achieving the specific goals.

    This method is found to extremely effective in managing time well, and thus reduces stress. There is a detailed article that has been written on time management at the link here.