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Filing Part 5: Final steps in filing your life for better time management

Creating files in advance

15 minutes of planning goes a long way

Here is a quick mental test that you can do to see how well you have attempted to make positive results out of your time management: Think about the last ten days, and ask yourself this question: “How many minutes per day did I spend directly planning any of those days?” Now before you start calculating how well you “planned”, keep in mind that time in the shower doesn’t count, nor does the thinking you did while jogging, or while you were driving. Of course those are wonderful thinking times, but I’m referring to highly concentrated periods of thought where you sat down in a quiet room, closed your eyes, and visualized the entire day’s planned activities, and their successful outcomes. So, how much time did you spend?