Stress Management: Managing Your Time


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Introduction


Time management is a way to find the time for all the things you want and need to do. It helps you decide which things are urgent and which can wait. Learning how to manage your time, activities, and commitments can be hard. But doing so can make your life easier, less stressful, and more meaningful.

Key points

  • When you manage your time, you decide which tasks and activities are most important to you. Knowing what's important helps you decide how best to spend your time.
  • There are three parts to time management: prioritize tasks and activities, control procrastination, and manage commitments.

What? - What is the medical information or key concepts related to the action? What is time management?

Why? - Why the action is important? Why is it important to manage your time?

How? - Learn the steps involved in taking action. How can you manage your time?

Where? - Other resources and organizations that can help you take action Where to go from here

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Last updated: April 25, 2007
Author: Jeannette Curtis
Reviewed By: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Paul J. Rosch, MD
Editors: Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Michele Cronen

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