By: J. Mason
Online Career Tips Staff
Take a few minutes today to sit down, and sort out your tasks. A due date is helpful in determining importance, but if the date is weeks in the distance, and the project isn’t that time intensive then look into finishing up other projects in the meantime.
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For me, if the week is looking crazy busy I like to make a list on a post-it note of things to do. Once you can see everything rank them by importance. Also take into consideration the time it will take for each task. If something can be done in 5 minutes, put that at the top of the list to be finished first. The last thing you’ll want is someone hunting you down for a trivial task because you got side tracked with bigger projects. It may be insulting to that person that you didn’t figure their request into your schedule. If you’re unsure of the amount of work, or time expected on something ask the assigner. They should be able to give you a good idea of what to expect, and you can use that to work into your schedule.
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