Time Management: Don’t Be a Slave to the Tone

April 27th, 2011 Balance Family, Work, Self Office, Paper & Productivity

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I seem to always be a little slow catching up with technology, I think it started in my teen years when my dad and I were the last people on the planet to get a VCR. When cell phones came out I thought, “Why would I want someone to call me in my car or at the store when I want to be alone?” Then facebook came along, “I don’t have time to type what I’m doing, and who will really care anyway?” Eventually I finally embrace new things-DVD players, texting, facebook and even twitter. And then fall in love with them and could never “live” without them! I just donated my VCR to charity by the way…

But sometimes these technology love affairs go a little too far and suddenly you may be at the whim of every little buzz, bing, ding, and vibration. This can turn into a serious time management issue. Recently, I’ve turned off my text tone and it’s actually been kind of a relief. I will look at my phone from time to time to check in, but I don’t have that automatic response of jumping on it every time my phone makes a noise. I really did it because I thought I was messing with my phone too much around my kids. Sometimes I would have a couple of friends shooting texts at me like lasers as I tried frantically to keep up. Attention to my phone means it is taking attention to everything and everyone else who needs my attention.

If you find you aren’t getting everything you need to get done in a day, I highly encourage you to turn off the tones for 3 days and see what happens. You can still check your email, you can still send a text, but you can do it on your time not at the whim of a tone. Click here for 10 ways to say “No” to help you balance your time.

Your Home Organization Expert-Monika

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