So many times we struggle with improving the use of our time - offline and online. However, most of our productivity drain is our own doing as the greatest struggle is that of controlling the way we spend our time.

There are several examples of this. Online - You give so much attention to social media as we indulge in quick gists. You spend priceless seconds in our emails perhaps because it makes us feel important and keeps us busy with busy-ness. You waste ridiculous amounts of time doing things that don't really matter because you choose to do them.

Here is an idea to explore as this week comes to an end

Don't do more, Do less - Less is more when you prioritize your tasks.
Learn to start classifying Your To Dos as priorities: A (Critical), B (Important), or C (Everything else). When your As are done, take on the Bs. After a few weeks you learn that you never get to the Cs. And you know what? It never matters. From my experience, what used to be our priorities, the things that make our careers successful and fulfilling, our lives meaningful and happy, have somehow become optional.

In all, our lives have become overloaded and overwhelming. It doesn't have to be that way.

Let's control our priorities