Chapter 1 Recording Time Diary

Time cannot rely on epiphany. When you are at a low ebb in your life, you look for lessons and make major life changes. This will be a huge success. of limitations in our lives.

Time should be spent on things that are important to you.

Chapter 2 Finding a True Work-Life Balance

One key to job satisfaction is progress

The author’s personal favorite strategy : Work sorting takes place at 4 p.m. An hour before leaving get off work, review your to-do list and pretend that a little devil is laughing and telling you that when 5 o'clock comes, he will take your phone and computer and won't give them back until the next morning. you. So, what are the things you must accomplish now? What things don’t need to be done? Additionally, make the effort to stop what you’re doing during your scheduled off-duty time, and you’ll find that a lot of things can wait until tomorrow. Even if you get home and work for an hour after the kids go to bed, making a conscious effort to stop working at one o'clock will lead to a more reasonable schedule overall.

Chapter 3 Control Your Time

The most basic technique to control yourself and consolidate your time is to avoid the so-called "24-Hour Trap".

"24-hour trap": The whole picture of time is that from Monday to Thursday noon is exactly half of the week, and from Thursday noon to Sunday is the other half of the week. We always think that having a lot of personal time from Monday to Thursday at noon is a balance, and we don’t care much about how much personal time we have from Thursday at noon to Sunday. Ways to avoid this 24-hour trap: Take the entire week into consideration when evaluating your life. It's possible to enjoy a lot of family and personal time outside of work.

Thinking about being with your kids every night can put you in a "24-hour trap" that limits your possible choices. More plans that focus on "168 hours" will allow you to meet the requirements of long hours of work, and you can also spend quality time with your children.

Chapter 4 Making Success Possible

Planning ahead means you can allocate your time according to your work goals. Plan ahead by marking important tasks on your calendar and figuring out what preparation or planning you need to do.

Treat deadlines as commitments

Looking ahead allows you to deal with all types of “known unknowns”

“First things first” The true meaning of "One" is to use the time when you are most energetic and most active to deal with these things. You should combine your most important work with your most productive hours. Put other things aside and deal with the important things together. Don't leave the real things to deal with in the leftover time after the auxiliary work is completed.

While it’s wise to say “yes” to big things like taking a new job, the reason it’s too overwhelming is because you say “yes” to too many little things. At this time, your burden will become heavier and heavier. Not only will you no longer want to accept big things, but you will also not be able to see clearly that those small things are actually not important. You don’t need to fill every minute of your life, and if something is just taking up your time, then it’s probably not worth your time.

If you want to stay productive, the best question to ask is not whether there is anything left unprocessed in your inbox, but whether you are addressing the things that matter most. Are you solving a problem that you need to solve right now.

A true approach to inbox management means making space for the things that matter.

Chapter 5: Dedicate yourself to your family

1. Ten tips to make our lives happier

1. Carefully consider the schedule of your workday Evening arrangements. Planning the evening ahead means "we don't have a dull life after get off work." The important thing is to realize that you also need to think about how to spend your evening time, and planning ahead can go a long way.

2. Arrange your morning time carefully. Turn mornings into sweet family time with your kids.

3. Play.

4. Have a meal with your family (not necessarily dinner).

5. Let the children know what you do every day.

6. Go hiking with the kids.

7. Communicate one-on-one with your children.

8. Exercise together.

9. Arrange adventure activities. Compile an "annual family fun list" of all the things your family wants to do. The more detailed the list, the better. Having a list like this will help you anticipate joy and realize that something special is about to happen.

10. Reward yourself. Figure out what you should be doing but haven’t started yet and give yourself some rewards.

2. Whether it is our partners or our children, we must do the following two things

1. Seize the opportunities that always exist, even in the craziest moments.

2. When beautiful moments come, we must learn to enjoy them to the fullest. Cultivating attention to beautiful moments is a skill that can be learned and practiced.

3. Happiness is actually a choice

Life is stressful and life is beautiful. There is no contradiction between the two.

Being mindful everywhere can cultivate mindfulness, and living in the present can bring happiness to every corner of your life.

Chapter 6 Make life easier

1. How to manage your time

Learn to use time and enjoy time instead of fighting against time. Learn to shift your mindset and accept that many of the things that take up your time are optional. If we want to, we can make things easier on ourselves in terms of housework, childcare, and overall organization.

2. Strategies to avoid the trap of pursuing organization

1. If you are going to outsource housework, then really outsource it

2. No need to Go to the store specifically to buy household items

3. You don’t have to pack lunches for the kids

4. Make chores fun.

3. In life, even if you can't change anything, you can try to change your thinking mode

The concept of "trying to make life easier" can have an impact on our lives have a profound impact.

1. Consider your daily life

2. Don’t be too stingy.

3. Arrange childcare services.

4. Find the real trouble carefully.

4. "How can I make life easier?" The answer to this question is a lifestyle decision

Regarding housework, childcare, and overall living conditions, We can all choose to be harder or to make things easier.

Chapter 8 Enjoying Free Time

1. Because we always assume that we have no time, we don’t really think about this problem. When free time arises, we are not ready to seize it and enjoy it, but waste it on meaningless activities.

2. Methods to help you "create" free time

1. Pay attention to your working days.

Allow for some free time during regular work hours. Nowadays, people have integrated a lot of leisure activities into their work.

2. Take a day off. You can intentionally take a day off, at least half a day.

3. Extend child care arrangements a little longer.

4. Make full use of the night time.

5. Make good use of children’s extracurricular activity time.

6. Sign up for some activities.

7. Turn business trip time into personal time.

8. Plan your weekend carefully. Arrange 3 to 5 interesting activities every weekend and plan in advance so that you have a happy and fulfilling weekend

9. Think in a different way. You can reinvent your leisure time.

3. The best way to "steal half a day's leisure":

Use the present moment as a leisure moment - when you are sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, let the dishes Stay in the sink; don't worry about new emails popping up in your inbox while you organize a piece of art or a photo album.

4. Methods to calm down the impact of work thoughts on relaxation and leisure

1. Set up some switching rituals between work and family. Such as going out for a walk, reading newspapers, etc.

2. Don’t tell your partner what happened during the day

3. Develop a hobby

4. Give yourself some time Set a designated anxiety time

5. Budget for free time

Chapter 9 Time Management Strategies

1. Know how much something will cost Time sounds like a very simple skill, but it’s precisely because we can’t figure it out that we mess up our lives.

1. Suggestions in the book: Continuously recording time logs can make you stronger in estimating time.

2. My own experience: Use Pomodoro time to develop this skill. Through accumulation, you can roughly estimate how many Pomodoros you need to spend on something

3. Don’t be unrealistically blindly optimistic: People usually think that they can succeed in whatever they do, but you should All possible emergencies are taken into account

2. Tips for using every little moment to create more fun in life

1. Seize precious time: such as waiting for the bus .

2. Make a list of 100 dreams

3. Listen to a favorite song

4. Send a text message to your partner or child and tell them You love them

5. Read. Make a list of articles to read

6. Write a letter. Prepare some note cards and write a few words to your relatives, friends and colleagues, which is enough to make the recipient's day happy.

7. Keep a diary. Make journaling a part of your life

8. Write a novel (at least an outline)

9. Browse social media with a predetermined goal

10. Exercise

11. Arrange your schedule strategically. Do you think some of the things you have to do can be put off? In a matter of minutes you can get rid of things that don’t deserve a place in your life and buy yourself hours of time.

12. Memorize an inspiring quote

13. Arrange your leisure time carefully. Scheduling some fun activities for yourself will give you something to look forward to the weekend. A to-do list can be divided into three parts: work, family, and yourself. Such a setting reminds you that there should be some arrangements under each category

14. Keep learning.

Watch TED, read books

15. Take a walk

16. Browse photos on your phone

17. Take a nap

3. The best time management The important thing is to put every moment into its overall context. When you work, work hard. Enjoy your vacation with all your heart during your break