Family Time Management: Study Guide – Gen 200

How to Manage My Family TimeGEN 200
How to Better Manage my Family Time
For most adults twenty-four hours in a day comes and goes faster than
they would like. Most days start before the sun rises and ends well into
the night with little time in between to notice the possible change in
weather. Juggling the responsibilities of family, work, social life and for a
growing majority school, requires skills one would normally find in a
traveling circus. A person could spend the better part of their day away
from home fulfilling work related responsibilities and return only to find
there is not enough time for family. So how can a person find the time to
complete so many tasks in twenty four hours and still have time to spend
with their family? I have learned in order to make sure I have enough
time during the day for all my responsibilities as well as time for my
family, I must utilize proper time management skills.
One of the first steps in proper time management is creating a strategy
where goals are planned out. I first need to determine what my daily
goals are and create a schedule prioritizing them by order of importance.

According to Time-Management-Guide.com, “proper time management
starts with prioritizing goals”. Once I create my daily list of goals I can
determine which goals will have the most priority. For goals that must be
carried out day to day, an example being helping my children complete
homework requirements, they would have the highest priority. Goals
which occur once or twice weekly, for instance taking out the garbage,
these goals would receive the lowest priority. Having a family schedule
posted in a common area like my kitchen or a designated location in my
home would also help in managing my time.
Utilizing a systematic process for managing my time would eliminate the
possibility of wasting valuable time on unproductive activities. According
to the critical thinking skills provided by Richard W. Paul (2002) Critical
Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal
Life, “People need to think through their major habits. They need to give