Time management

Time management is the practice of planning and controlling how time is spent to improve efficiency and achieve priorities.

Time blocking: A scheduling method that assigns specific periods to tasks or categories of work. It converts a time-management plan into reserved periods for particular tasks.
Goal setting: The practice of defining desired outcomes and specifying how to pursue them. Time choices become more coherent when they serve explicit outcomes.
Getting Things Done: David Allen’s productivity method for capturing, clarifying, organizing, and reviewing commitments. It emphasizes managing an external system of commitments rather than allocating every task to a time slot.
Procrastination: The voluntary delay of an intended task despite expecting that delay to cause problems. It disrupts planned priorities and can turn manageable work into deadline pressure.
Task prioritization: The process of ranking tasks by importance, urgency, or other chosen criteria. It determines which demands receive limited time first.
Opportunity cost: The value of the best alternative forgone when a choice is made. Spending time on one task means forgoing other possible uses of that time.
Kanban: A visual workflow method that tracks work as it moves through stages. It limits and displays active work, while time management centers on allocating time.
Burnout: A state of occupational exhaustion, mental distance from work, and reduced professional efficacy. Plans that ignore recovery and workload limits can contribute to prolonged exhaustion.
Pomodoro Technique: A work method that alternates focused intervals with short breaks, commonly using 25-minute sessions. It structures focused work and breaks within a broader time plan.
Attention management: The practice of directing and sustaining attention amid competing demands. A schedule cannot protect time effectively if attention is repeatedly diverted.

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