Strong time management is a skill that will often be the difference between success or failure. Proper time management provides you with the opportunity to create a schedule that works for you, not for others. It gives you more time, reduces stress, provides motivation and helps prevent avoidance.

I keep things simple and use Excel to track my time spent on all my projects. You may think that keeping a time log is not worth your effort if you are not being paid by the hour but trust me on this one…..keeping a log will help you in one way or another sooner or later. Here is what I use for time tracking.

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Although very basic, it really works well. Here is an example of an excel scheduler that I use. Again, very simple and doesn’t cause alot of wasted time playing with software.

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