Not Having Enough Time In a Day? These Maybe the Reasons...

Do you feel like you're overwhelmingly busy? Like there is not enough time in the day, and your schedule is ever growing?

Most people today feel that way and constantly lament the lack of time.

It is not healthy if you barely have time to do simple tasks like cooking a meal or completing your daily to-do list. Let’s explore the reasons why you feel a lack of time by doing some self-reflection:

1. Are You Multitasking a Lot?

You might think that you are getting more done and saving time by multitasking, but studies show that we're not the brilliant multitaskers we think we are.

Research conducted at Stanford University found that people who multitask are less productive and waste more time switching between tasks than if they had been stuck with one task until they finished.

Moreover, multitasking damages the brain. The human brain is not capable of focusing on multiple tasks at once.

2. Are You Not Tracking or Budgeting Your Time?

A litany of productivity experts agrees that tracking and budgeting your time is vital to taking control of your day.

Record all your appointments, deadlines, and everything in-between. Analyze the time you spend on each activity and what you think is the best amount for each.

You will discover how much time you're frittering away and get a chance to reevaluate, budget, and monitor your time.

People who don't budget and track their time are the ones who wonder where time has gone and can't understand why they accomplish so little at the end of each workday.

3. Are You Not Prioritizing?

Most people who complain about not having enough time in the day have a prioritization problem. They don't rank tasks in order of importance or decide on what's most important in their lives, which explains why they always feel like there are not enough hours in a day.

Think about your core objectives and all the different things you want to do, and then figure out what is important to you.

Do not start and plug through every task until you've asked this question: "Do I need to do this now?"

If you don't need to do it now, don't do it. Tackle high-priority tasks first and then turn to the other things. Prioritizing ensures that you make the most efficient use of your time.

4. Are You Being Easily Distracted?

Ed Hallowell, former professor at Harvard Medical School and author of?Driven to Distraction, noted that many people today have "culturally generated ADD."

The study shows we have way more tantalizing, easily accessible, shiny things available 24/7 than ever before. It is not surprising, then, that many people are easily distracted from their core goals and lament that they never have enough time.

Lock yourself somewhere quiet when working. "Unplug" and concentrate on the task at hand. That way, you will avoid being distracted and sidetracked by the cacophony of voices, text messages, e-mail, and social media notifications.

If the people around you are the source of distraction, ask them politely to let you finish what you are doing first before you attend to them.

Don't be afraid to say "no" to anyone who constantly interrupts you when you work.

5. Are You Not Having a Daily Routine?

Woody Allen, who has written and directed fifty films in almost as many years, once said that 80% of success is showing up.

In other words, when, how, and where you show up are the most important factors for accomplishing more and achieving success. And the key to ensuring you always show up is to?establish a daily routine?that you follow no matter what, including a healthy sleep routine.

People who don't have a routine they follow every day are susceptible to distractions and likely to miss deadlines and tasks that need to be done.

Microsoft's Bill Gates and HuffPost's Arianna Huffington have a daily ritual every night before bed; they "unplug" and read a book.

6. Are You Too Concerned With Being Fast?

Oliver Burkeman, in his enlightening book,?The Antidote, tells of a Formula One pit crew – a group that depends on fast, efficient teamwork – and their realization that they were not at top speed when they concentrated solely on speed.

Rather, they achieved their best times by emphasizing functioning smoothly as a group. The same case applies to time management and productivity.

People who are too concerned with working fast or acting rashly instead of "smoothly" end up not as productive or fast as they can be.

You should focus more on functioning "smoothly" rather than functioning quickly. You will improve your productivity and get more done in good time. Besides, life is a marathon, not a sprint. The goal is to finish the race (and help others do the same), not merely to cross the finish line first.

Final Thoughts

Given our busy routines, we often feel like there is not enough time in the day to relax or finish the impending tasks. Having a consistent routine, prioritizing your tasks as well as keeping a check and balance on yourself can help you eliminate the sense of not having enough time and restore balance in your life!

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This article originally appeared on Lifehack .