Topic № 10
The Time and Stress Management Workshop

In today's less structured and information-driven workplace, our daily dilemma is that we have too much to do and not enough time to do it. With critical deadlines, competing and or changing priorities and an avalanche of information to digest, individuals often feel overwhelmed if not stressed. Being able to manage time effectively is basic to managing individual and organisational performance.

When you manage time wisely you feel in greater control of your time. This can make you calmer and less stressed overall as a result. Therefore, stress management and time management go hand in hand. Waiting until the last minute to complete a work project or a task at home can cause stress.

Stress management is a wide spectrum of techniques and psychotherapies aimed at controlling a person's level of stress, especially chronic stress, usually for the purpose of and for the motive of improving everyday functioning.

Time Stress. You experience time stress when you worry about time, or the lack thereof. You worry about the number of things that you have to do, and you fear that you'll fail to achieve something important. Common examples of time stress include worrying about deadlines or rushing to avoid being late for a meeting.

How do you manage your time stress?

1) Control procrastination.
2) Structure your time. Use a day planner or notebook to plan your day or week.
3) Break up large tasks. If you know that you won't be able to focus on a project for 3 hours, break up your work into 1 hour blocks over 3 days.
4) Create short-term deadlines.
5) Avoid perfectionism.