Life Coaching
Time Management
Time Management is a challenge for many Teens and Adults. Staying on track and completing tasks plagues many people in our modern world. We have more electronic reminders and aids than any other time in history, yet acquiring time management skills is elusive to many people.
Hazel’s Philosophy of Time Management:
Hazel believes that good time management starts from the perspective of knowing that her client have the ability to manage their time and not be managed by their time. The foundation of good time management is based on estimation and planning.
When a person starts a job he or she has no idea how long it will take to complete.. Many people have high motivation at the beginning, however as the task progress their interest wanes. There seems to be no end in site and the middle is getting murky and heavy making completion almost unattainable.
Time Management Strategies:
One of the best ways to work with this situation is to begin by estimating the amount of time a certain task will take to complete. Once estimation is complete, the client can ask or coach him self around the next chunk of work. The client may ask himself when can I do this task? What time of day works best for me? When am I the most alert? When can I start, commit a certain amount of time, and then stop? By adding these smaller steps a person is able to “chunk-out” the job into reasonable pieces and get it done. simple but important step of estimation, a person has
The client has a framework, a beginning, middle and most importantly, and end in sight. By estimating our time for tasks we are able to check to see if we are actually staying on task. If we allow ourselves 20 minutes to check our emails, we know that following every link will take us away from our stated goal. And if we don't complete our 20 minute goal, we will have an even more difficult time meeting our longer day's goals.
Daily Planning:
In addition to estimating time, Hazel works with her client's to crystallize their planning process. Through the use of daily planners client's are able to plan and see results. Hazel helps her client's find planners, palm pilot's and other helpful devices that work right for each individual client. She knows that if the planner looks, and feels "right" for that person, he or she will more likely use it effectively. As a Coach, Hazel knows that taking the time to find the right planner, or palm pilot is crucial to the planning process. The individual client's needs and desires come first in the coaching relationship.
Organization
Organizing for You!
Many books are articles have been written about Organizaion. Usually a book gives you a pre-designed formula and you follow it and presto! You are organized. Most of us in the ADHD field know that this just work for people with and without ADHD. There are many people who don't have ADHD but suffer from a lack of organization.
Kids, teens, and adults, misplace items, dig deep down into their backpacks looking for a term paper only to discover a moldy sandwich, or can't make an appointment with a co-worker because their daily planner is buried under a pile of papers. Sound familiar?
Coaching is a great way to help you get back on your feet and organized. When you work with Hazel, together you will look at different systems, analyze your specific learning style and add your personality, ideas, and creativity to come up with a truly unique and "you" centered organizing system. The system that you design in cooperation with Hazel will work better for you in the long run because it will suit your needs, style, and skills. Hazel will be right there by your side taking one step at a time to build, implement, and follow through on an appropriate organizing system for you.
Time Management:
Top 10 Tips
1. Daily planning: use simple notebook for everything, no more little pieces of paper
2. keys, phone, purse, and anything else of daily important value put in one container each day, no need to go looking
3. estimate your time: always give yourself 5 or 10 minutes extra
4. Open your mail near the garbage and immediately throw out unwanted mail
5. ask yourself what works best for me and then do it!
6. kids backpacks, lunches, clothes, papers signed, all the night before..remember how it feels to run around like a chicken without a head in the morning when you can’t find something.
7. dinner, homework, bath, reading time…try to keep approximately around the same time every day
8. use relaxation time to relax, recharge, laugh, reconnect
9. family dinners; simple with emphasis on the connection and review of days activities and what is to come the following day
10. every important paper from school goes immediately into central folder..does not need to be filed but must be put there for future use.