I am faced with an ever growing list of items that I need to completed for my online activity. This happened because I did not have a great handle on all of the various tasks that I needed to complete and the exact timing each needed completed.
The list has grew out of my control so I knew I needed to do something about it. As a list grows more and more it starts to take all the fun out of what you are trying to achieve. You start to worry about the things you are not getting done.
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Prioritize
To be successful we must learn to prioritize and then take action on that prioritization. If you do this well, you will have time left over for relaxation and possibly some free time to pursue other interest.
Group Tasks
The simplest way to prioritize is to consider when your items need to be completed and the consequence of not completing them by their deadline. You should also think of the benefit and value the activity will bring to your business once completed.
Break your activity into manageable groups or smaller individual tasks:
Daily Tasks
The first group should be tasks that must be done regularly or which would have a negative affect on your customers, business or income streams if not completed in a timely manner. Prioritize daily activity to ensure your day runs smoothly.
Weekly Tasks
The second group should be activity that takes a little longer with more room if delayed by a day or two. As long as you get it completed within that window of time. Just make sure your reputation or your customers don't suffer if you delay completion.
Monthly Tasks
Monthly tasks should be composed of the larger activities that are composed of the daily and weekly tasks. This can be a monthly check list if that makes it easier for you. This is basically your list prior to breaking it down into smaller manageable groups.
Please remember that of course everyone's tasks are unique to the individual and business. No one else's list will be exactly like yours. The "Consequences" or "Benefits" of completing each specific activity will be based on your personal judgement of the situation.
Summary
When you start to randomly doing tasks or don't have structure in your work day, things get missed and overlooked. The amount of undone activity or tasks will become overwhelming.
Things that don't get done correctly are the ones that you must go back and rework at a later point in time taking up even more of the time that you do not have. Or items may not get done at all. Both of these makes the list even bigger and you must then do more in less time.
I am now starting this process to get my online activity prioritized so that I can complete my goals that I have set out to achieve. I want to get back to having fun with less stress.