Pitfalls of Daily Time Management

In this paper, I am going to explain the pitfalls to my daily time management and objects that I have already put in place to try to make myself a more efficient time manager. Additionally, I will discuss the strategies that I plan to put in place for the future to enhance my time management for reducing the whirlpool of time stressor's that I continuously find myself revolving in.

My time logs that I currently have to analyze are completely out of the ordinary compared to my normal day to day job due to the fact that I was out of my routine element the last couple weeks due to other Air Force requirements of my job. My time logs reflect that time away from my day to day job and the catch up process upon return. However, I will go a bit into my normal day to day requirements that I know affect how I manage my time on a daily basis.

Even with being on the road for business I still have to manage the time of my day very closely due to the short time frame that is given to us to ensure the inspections that are required are completed with the utmost accuracy and proficiency. This in turn places us in the situation of long hours each day to ensure that we cover all areas of the inspect able expanse. Analyzing my logs for the time frame on the road showed that I worked on average of 14.25 hours a day over a 6 day period. To analyze specifically how to manage my day on the road is very tough to do. During an inspection, instincts and concerns that we come across need to be pursued which doesn't allow for managing of time to ensure other facets of my job can be accomplished. I made time at the end of each day to go over emails from my normal day to day job and push information to my subordinates as required keeping that part of the mission moving. With that comes the daunting long hours to make both missions work. I will say though being able to rely on my team back home assisted in eliminating any encounter stressors that could have arisen.

After returning from the road came the anticipatory stressors associated with knowing what had to be accomplished when I got home which entailed in my time log analysis of working my normal ten hour days catching up with my 479 emails, 3 hours of filing my travel voucher, the commanders immediate action tasks, meetings, a natural disaster exercise, and catching up on the progress of all my additional duties. I took the time on my first morning back as I normally due to start jotting down my "to do" list on my notebook. I then assessed what had to be accomplished first and what could be put off to another week. With the items that needed attention unfortunately it was very hard for me to put in time management practices, strictly based off the constant state of the immediate action tasks seem to always need put out to satisfy leadership.

I found after further analyzing of my time logs that medical appointments associated with an injury that I had incurred a few