Blogs related to Productivity and Time Management

If you have switched to remote work during COVID-19, you may want to continue doing so even after offices reopen, whether full-time or for a couple of days during your working week. NUI Galway’s Whitaker Institute and the Western Development Commission found that 78% of participants would like to work remotely when the crisis is over. COVID-19 resulted in a global, unplanned remote work experiment for many industries and companies. If remote working is going to continue, we must pause and learn from what has worked well and what has not. 

Are time management skills enough to reduce stress and the feeling of overwhelm? Or is there more to it?  Heavy workloads remain the most common cause of stress-related absence at work, according to the CIPD, which begs the question: if workloads continue to increase, will good time management ever be enough?

Have you ever sat at your desk, ready to start work but not being able to press the first key on the keyboard? Have you ever finished a long, busy working day and felt that you didn’t make any progress? If so, you may have been suffering from productivity paralysis.

People are spending an average of 24 hours every single week online and, with the introduction of the Screen Time feature in IOS and similar apps available for Android, we are becoming more aware of our personal number. What has been interesting to observe is how people are responding to this new awareness. I have seen people compete with themselves, and others, to reduce their screen time. Others have admitted to feeling guilty about the amount of time they spend on their smartphone.  If you enjoy spending 3 hours a day on your phone, and it’s not interfering with your relationships, health or work then park the guilt. If you enjoy “wasting” this time, is it really time wasted?

A good affirmation is like a good cup of coffee; a couple of moments for yourself to reenergise and then face the day with renewed purpose. For those of you who haven’t yet tried positively talking to yourself on a regular basis, perhaps it’s time to give it a go.

There are times when all of us are faced with difficult decisions. It could be about a relationship, work, home, a hobby or, well, pretty much anything! For years I used the tried and tested method of listing out the pros and cons. As a lover of lists, I expected great things from this method. More often than not however, I was left feeling a bit disappointed. The process would typically involve me making the list of pros and cons for each option, only to often choose the option with more cons than pros. Worse still, there were many times where I spent so long trying to make the decision that it was ultimately made for me by someone else.

Working from home can be a great option to build a more flexible approach to work. The following tips will help you avoid overtime creeping in at home or extra stress on return to the office, allowing you to make the most out of working from home.

Let’s get straight to the point. I’m a 34 year old, career-driven female who has studied and worked hard to be successful in my job and, as much as my ovaries starting screaming for a baby, my head needed to put a career plan in place first.

Last week, I looked back on the resolutions I set at the beginning of the year and was delighted that I had achieved three of my four goals. This was an unprecedented success, but I tried something new this last year.