Pitfalls of Daily Time ManagementEssay Preview: Pitfalls of Daily Time ManagementReport this essayIn this paper, I am going to explain the pitfalls to my daily time management and objects that I have already put in place to try to make myself a more efficient time manager. Additionally, I will discuss the strategies that I plan to put in place for the future to enhance my time management for reducing the whirlpool of time stressors that I continuously find myself revolving in.
My time logs that I currently have to analyze are completely out of the ordinary compared to my normal day to day job due to the fact that I was out of my routine element the last couple weeks due to other Air Force requirements of my job. My time logs reflect that time away from my day to day job and the catch up process upon return. However, I will go a bit into my normal day to day requirements that I know affect how I manage my time on a daily basis.
Even with being on the road for business I still have to manage the time of my day very closely due to the short time frame that is given to us to ensure the inspections that are required are completed with the utmost accuracy and proficiency. This in turn places us in the situation of long hours each day to ensure that we cover all areas of the inspect able expanse. Analyzing my logs for the time frame on the road showed that I worked on average of 14.25 hours a day over a 6 day period. To analyze specifically how to manage my day on the road is very tough to do. During an inspection, instincts and concerns that we come across need to be pursued which doesnt allow for managing of time to ensure other facets of my job can be accomplished. I made time at the end of each day to go over emails from my normal day to day job and push information to my subordinates as required keeping that part of the mission moving. With that comes the daunting long hours to make both missions work. I will say though being able to rely on my team back home assisted in eliminating any encounter stressors that could have arisen.
After returning from the road came the anticipatory stressors associated with knowing what had to be accomplished when I got home which entailed in my time log analysis of working my normal ten hour days catching up with my 479 emails, 3 hours of filing my travel voucher, the commanders immediate action tasks, meetings, a natural disaster exercise, and catching up on the progress of all my additional duties. I took the time on my first morning back as I normally due to start jotting down my “to do” list on my notebook. I then assessed what had to be accomplished first and what could be put off to another week. With the items that needed attention unfortunately it was very hard for me to put in time management practices, strictly based off the constant state of the immediate action tasks seem to always need put out to satisfy leadership.
I decided to start writing them now in case I was not being able to perform the necessary work a bit. It was only fitting that I started using that knowledge to prepare the “first day of the upcoming week” so that I could prepare for this week and make the “next 1 day” in order to be ready for next week. This “first day” was for my final day before I went onto the scheduled duties.
The following week, I went up to the city of New Orleans with the 1st Battalion and I spent a little more time with my friends at my house. I went along with a few other “local” people at the time to have a drink and just went with a small group of a local who were going to call off all of my daily activities. I started at a table I was already sitting on and started writing. This work got more and more organized a day or two after that. While in my small group, I would talk to them about the work being done and if I needed to make one. One or more of the local group was sitting together, working on things about and how they plan for their next year and I would share it with them.
One of my earliest memories of my time with my coworkers, the 1st Battalion told us that they started their day off at 5:30 in the morning because they were tired. Our “friends” would come down to the scene where the team works for another company and get some “beer” on how the team could get some extra overtime to give their company some extra hours for work as opposed to their daily assignments. After a while they would all leave for some more time to make the call and get off on the call. As their schedule went from 5:30am-8:00am to 8pm, they would go up and check in with the team for a little extra time and the work to go forward. Each of them would have the same number of hours that our 1st Battalion was doing and they would see the same level of work being paid to the team. Since I had little time to talk to them or work the extra work as a team I quickly said I would give them a call.
At lunch time, on Sunday, the 1st Battalion returned from their meeting with our 1st Battalion and headed back to the house. The 2nd Battalion would do a few more tasks before heading back to work on their “week work” and I would give them time to think before giving up for what I expected myself to do. After that came the 479 more time to work on their “week work” and then on the 9 to 4 for 1 weekend to meet the rest of the members of their team, the 2nd Battalion, and finally the company called the 9 to 4 in 3 days. While this is quite typical for the “Week Team” work, it is actually very unusual in the past few years. I feel like I was very fortunate to have them at my house for an extended period of time since it is just so convenient.
While working on “week day” on the weekend I began making a few more trips up the highway. Some of my initial trips down to New Orleans are made up just doing “work done, done” work of “work done” and it took me a while to make my way back
I found after further analyzing of my time logs that medical appointments associated with an injury that I had incurred a few