Why do I think about this question? As a technician, I must handle many daily tasks, such as requirement reviews, system design, design reviews, coding, integration, testing, and delivery. I feel like there’s never enough time.
Then I learned about the Eisenhower Matrix:
Important and urgent tasks: Go Go Go
Important but not urgent tasks: Planning
Not important but urgent tasks: Delegation
Not important and not urgent tasks: Putting aside
While these categories make sense, they didn’t help much in practice; I still needed to think and experiment independently.
What is the core of this question? To complete my work, I need to organize where I spend my time, categorize it, and take action to optimize efficiency.
Where does the time go when completing work?
Doing my tasks — using my own time.
Requesting others’ collaboration — using their time.
Others seek my collaboration — using my own time.
The second part involves asking others for help. The focus should be on improving time use in parts 1 and 3 to optimize efficiency.
