Well, today, I was going to carry on where I left off yesterday, but unfortunately, lack of available time has got the better of me again. I´ve spent so much time doing other stuff that I haven´t left time to put much here.

Anyway, I´ve been reading up on time management as well and along with all the guff I´ve read, one useful piece of advice is to just start whatever it is you´re trying to put off, which is good advice if you´re a bit of a prevaricator like I am. But I think you can extend this little tip a bit further to include things you actually like doing, but can´t seem to find time for. So, today, even though I´ve not really got time, I´ve made 5 minutes to write this.

The effect of this is that now, even though I haven´t written on the topic I wanted to, or found the amount of time I really needed to, I have written something and so far, although it´s early days and this is only the second day, I have written something every day. And do you know what, that feels good – I may not have achieved exactly what I wanted, but I have made progress, and if you can make just a tiny amount of progress every day, just think where you´ll be in a year´s time.

By way of a personal example, I´ve paid a little, (well it´s quite a sizeable amount really, but it doesn´t seem to make much of an impression), off my debts by doing a Debt Management Plan every month for the last eight months and hey presto, I´ve paid off 6% of my debt. Now there´s a long way still to go, but 6% is 6% – it´s progress, and that can only be a good thing.