While there are many time management techniques out there, I think these five steps can help you manage and utilize your time properly:

1. Planning
Research and personal experiences have shown that individuals who set personal goals have a greater chance of success. These individuals have determined and set on paper what they would like to achieve and how they would like to get there. The goals are realistic, believable and achievable. People who set goals also evaluate their progress and make any necessary changes on a regular basis. So, if you want to better manage your time, your first step is to set the goals you would like to achieve.

2. Assessing
Your next step is to assess how you are currently using your time.
A. You cannot make productive changes unless you know what areas need to be changed.
B. Keep a time log from the time you get up until the time that you go to bed.

3. Organizing
A. Ideally, you should make a list each morning of everything that you want or need to do for that day.
B. Don't worry if you don't accomplish everything, just include the uncompleted tasks to your next day's list and get them done.

4. Prioritizing
A. After you have recorded these "things to do", go over the list and rewrite in priority order which things you need to do at the top and less important/pressing tasks at the bottom.

How you choose to prioritize is a very personal matter.
What is important is that you are responsible with your priorities. Review your personal goals and how these priorities fit with your goals?

5. Scheduling

The last thing to do is to take this list and begin to work these "things to do" into your schedule.
You can't plan every minute of your day. Remember to leave room for breaks, socializing and those unexpected things that pop up.
There's no use making a schedule that is impossible to follow.

Always remember to
Develop new skills
Plan your work, then work your plan
Use the “to-do” list
Assess your tasks
Plan for the unplanned

Plan your work, then work your plan
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