If your schedule is so jammed – meetings, phone calls, meetings, people asking you questions, “emergencies”, that you don’t have time to really observe and think, you are out of control.
You have to set up your week so you have empty space. It will be hard enough not to give it away or fill it up, but you need time to gain clarity, think about what is going on, and make good decisions.
Do you have enough white space in your schedule?
Somedays I do but a lot of days I wish I had more. Learning to better manage resources to create more is definitely a goal.
I think time management is the hardest part of life in general. Spending the time where we need to, when we need to. Balancing duties and responsibilities. Making sure we are taking care of now but also planning for the future.