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Time Management
This instructional tool has two parts. Part 1 allows you to record how you spend
your time over a two-week period. Part 2 helps you identify where you could be
making more use of your time and enables you to develop a plan of action to
achieve this.

Time Management: How do you spend your time?

There are 168 hours in each week. Are you satisfied with how you spend your time? What is the balance
between your work, travel, maintenance (shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc.), home, and leisure time?

Recording your Time

The following page gives you an opportunity to accurately record your activities over a typical week. The log
is divided into intervals of two hours. Either record your activities at two-hourly intervals or at the end of each
day. We suggest that you log your activities over a two-week period.

Week 2

Sunday
Week 1

Week 2

Saturday
Week 1

Week 2

Friday
Week 1

Week 2

Thursday
Week 1

Week 2

Wednesday
Week 1

Week 2

Tuesday
Week 1

Week 2

Monday
Week 1

Hour/day

122:00
a.m.

24:00
a.m.

46:00
a.m.

68:00
a.m.

810:00
a.m.

Part 1: Time Management Log

1012:00
p.m.

122:00
p.m.

24:00
p.m.

46:00
p.m.

68:00
p.m.

810:00
p.m.

1012:00
p.m.

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Part 2: Assessment
When you have completed your log, assess the percentage of time you are spending on the following
activities, and record these figures.
Activity

Percentage of Time Spent

Work
Travel
Maintenance (cleaning, bathing, shopping, etc.)
Leisure
Other:
Other:
Other:
Then ask yourself:
1. Are these weeks typical? If not, why not?

2. What does the log say about you and how you are currently spending your time?

3. What thoughts do you have about the amount of time you spend between work, travel, maintenance, and
leisure?

4. In what ways do you currently waste your time?

(continued)

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Part 2: Assessment
5. What things could you do to make better use of your time?

6. Who can help you make better use of your time?

7. What are you going to do from now on to make better use of your time?

8. How can you make sure that this happens?

(concluded)