"Imagine this: you’re in the middle of designing some full color
brochures, or maybe some postcard marketing strategy, and you have exactly
three days left to get the job done. You’re giving the task your full
attention when suddenly something else comes up. Maybe you’re given
another job as well and you’re told it’s urgent, you need to get it
done right away, but you still have the business brochures to finish up
with. What do you do?
Managing your time under deadlines isn’t always the easiest thing to
do, especially when you take into consideration time for yourself. Few
people can manage working all day and night without any time to simply
relax, and to deny the advantages of having some much-needed down time
is a problematic mindset. Do you have a family? When do you get to
spend time with them? Just because you have brochure printing to take care
of, does that mean you shouldn’t be able to have any time to do
anything else?
Prioritizing is something many people have a lot of trouble wrapping
their minds around. I have a friend of mine who works in advertising for
a small computer company and routinely has to deal with tight
deadlines. The key for him is to really focus on how much time he has for a
project versus how long he thinks it will take for him to get the job done.
All of this is counterbalanced with his ability to keep his sights on
his own life.
If he’s given a project to design a full color brochure, he’ll
first take the time to go over everything he needs to do, make sure of when
the deadline is, and look over any other jobs he currently has to work
with. When those urgent tasks do come up he already knows how much
time he’ll need for his primary project, allowing him to remain calm in
the face of the urgent. And yes, when push comes to shove, he’ll go
to his boss and he’ll explain his situation. Sometimes those urgent
affairs simply have to be handled by someone else.
This groundwork he’s laid for himself is helpful when it comes to any
kind of deadline. Sometimes the size of a workload takes up all of a
person’s attention, and so when the unexpected intrudes they’re
quick to let stress take over, and once you’re stressed you aren’t
going to be in the right state of mind to handle things. But if you realize
you have enough time still to take care of the postcard marketing
campaign or whatever else you happen to be currently working on, you can
remain composed in the face of emergencies. The improvement in your
ability to handle all tasks will be easily seen.
Approaching deadlines have a habit of getting to everyone from time to
time. I certainly don’t like it when I’m immersed in a project
about to be due and suddenly the unexpected puts a screeching halt on my
progress. The one thing that will help the least is falling to pieces or
getting stressed out. If you manage your time appropriately and remain
aware of all the facts of a situation, not only will you be able to
take care of the problems, you’ll easily be able to meet your deadlines
at the same time.
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