Time management is about more than life hacks

Awareness - thinking realistically about time

Arrangement - designing, organising goals, plans, tasks to effectively use time

Adaptation - monitoring your use of time while performing activities, adjusting to interruptions or changing priorities

Build accurate self-awareness of your time management skills

Recognise that preferences matter, but not how you think

Identify and prioritise the skills you need to improve

Find your peak performance time

Treat your time like it's money

Try timing-up - record how long you've spent on tasks with clear deadlines, rather than how much time you have left

Evaluate how realistically you assess time

Think about how the tasks you are doing now will help/ hurt you in the future

When you think you're spending too much time on an activity, step back and evaluate its importance

Prioritise activities and obligations

Urgency and importance are not the same. Tasks that are both urgent and important should be done first

Use a calendar app

Schedule protected time

Reduce underestimation errors

Try half-sized goals

Tie your time management behaviours to habits you already exhibit

Use short bursts of effort to avoid procrastination

Experiment with time-trackers or checklist apps

When setting reminders, include detailed descriptions and explanations

Create contingency plans

Seek to reduce time-wasters/ distractions