Stop Wasting Time On Time Management - RD302

<p>Here’s some valuable advice to help make you a more productive graphic or web designer. Stop wasting time on time management.</p> <p class="p1">I’ve been in the graphic design space for over 30 years. I’ve been running my own home-based design business since 2005. And I’ve been publishing the Resourceful Designer podcast since 2015. In all that time, I’ve had the opportunity to talk to many designers. Be it graphic designers, web designers, UI and UX Designers. I’ve spoken with generalists and specialists, such as those focusing on specific niches. I’ve talked to design strategists, consultants, directors, and even design influencers.</p> <p class="p1">Two answers come out on top whenever asked what their biggest struggle is. Finding new clients. And Time Management. It’s that latter one I want to talk to you about today.</p> <h2 class="p1">What is Time Management?</h2> <p class="p1">According to <a href= "https://www.dictionary.com/browse/time-management" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dictionary.com</a>, time management is the analysis of how working hours are spent and the prioritization of tasks to maximize personal efficiency in the workplace.</p> <p class="p1">Sounds simple enough. You analyze how you spend your time and then prioritize what you need to do to maximize efficiency.</p> <p class="p1">But if time management is that simple, why do so many people struggle with it? I mean, if time management were so easy, there wouldn’t be thousands of different “solutions” addressing it.</p> <p class="p1">A search on Amazon returns over 70,000 books covering the subject. YouTube has over half a million videos on Time Management. And Google has over 80 million search results.</p> <p class="p1">Time Management is such a popular topic because EVERYONE has problems with it.</p> <p class="p1">Let me share a revelation with you today. Time is impossible to manage. Contrary to confusing movies such as Tenet. Time moves in one direction at a steady pace. So you’re not trying to manage time. You’re trying to manage how