Time Management...help!

Seriously You Guys, I need help with this. I think this is just one of those things that I suck at. But also, being pulled in a ton of directions doesn't help either. I imagine this is just 5% of what it feels like to be a parent. But anyway...balancing working for yourself plus school and all those household tasks can be tricky (unless you're awesome at this but that's clearly not me!). I feel like I turn around at the end of the day and I'm all "where did the time go - seriously!?" So I did a little research on time management to see if I could get a bit better at all this.

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My Discoveries About Time Management:

1. Keep a Time Diary. (aka: How many minutes of your life have been stolen by various Kardashians?)
This is interesting. Because: some of those little things that you don't even think about suck up your time more than you know. For instance: I usually spend a half hour reading through news on my itouch in the morning. A half an hour! That adds up to a lot. I think keeping a "time diary" is scary because I know that I spend a huge amount of time on stuff that is actually just crap so I guess the whole point is to be accountable, and be more deliberate about your time, even those small chunks of time that you may think won't add up to much - they do!

2. Make an Ignore List. {via GD}
Brilliant. Easier said than done. But already immensely helpful. Since I "do what I want", my bad working habits are deeply deeply ingrained in me by now so much so that I don't even realize it when I'm wasting time! It's like a nervous tick for me to check the internet every single time I finish a task. BAD.
Here's my ignore list:
- Google Reader
- Facebook (sad, but true)
- TV (I'll intend to take a "5 min break" but get sucked in for an hour - BAD)
- Phone (I need to let things go to VM if I don't have time to talk for an hour)
- Pinterest - oy major time suck

I love these "brain breaks" but if I want to actually get anything accomplished I really need to save them for the end of the day after I've reached some of my goals.

3. Set an Egg Timer.
Word. I need to get one of those really obnoxious timers, and set it for half hour increments to work on specific tasks. I think this would help me to A. Get started, because if you know a timer will go off in a half hour starting a task is less daunting, and B. Be more deliberate about setting all distractions aside to concentrate one one thing for a half hour.

Do you guys have any tips for better time management? Am I the only one who is terrible at this? Sometimes I feel like other people just really have their shit together and they always get things done quickly and timely. I'm jealous of them! What is your secret?