Gretchen Rubin Quotes

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

The calmer and more well-ordered my desktop is, the more I can convince myself I'm on top of things.

Time management is the mantra of my life.

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.

Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.

I think long and hard about what it is I'm actually trying to do, and then I kind of have to narrow my focus into that. If I don't, I'm too all over the place.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

Time management is really key for me.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

I have my whole life organized on an 11x17-inch tear-away weekly calendar.

I just know keeping track of what I'm doing and where I'm going is important to me.

I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.

When I come into the office, the first thing I do is I plan out what I want to accomplish that day. I write it down in my notebook and make sure I accomplish it before I leave that day.

Time management is really important.

I read somewhere that people who make lists are more likely to achieve their ambitions.

There will always be another email to get through; something to clean up, file, and organize; more errands to do. Which is why balance is so important. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.

You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.

Probably the biggest problem I had was I didn't understand the importance of scheduling.

When people look at all the things I do, they say it's overwhelming, but I don't feel overwhelmed. I get it done. I'm very organized, and it's all tied together.