--- title: How to Give Yourself More Hours in the Day description: Find out how you can better manage your time to give yourself more hours in the day. canonical: https://time.com/4955611/time-management-advice/ author: The Muse article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-25T13:55:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:52.732Z og:title: How to Give Yourself More Time During the Day og:description: It starts with a simple question og:url: https://time.com/4955611/time-management-advice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94f614d663cea7ee/6988df35bc6cfcd3ff3e3399/woman-career-time.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5136 og:image:height: 2889 og:image:alt: Businesswoman sitting on bench using cell phone og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Give Yourself More Time During the Day twitter:description: It starts with a simple question twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94f614d663cea7ee/6988df35bc6cfcd3ff3e3399/woman-career-time.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Give Yourself More Time During the Day > Sponsored content. 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Of course, I’ve tried my best to identify possible solutions to my seemingly constant time shortage. I’d wake up earlier or work later. I’d use a productivity method like the [Pomodoro Technique](https://www.themuse.com/advice/take-it-from-someone-who-hates-productivity-hacksthe-pomodoro-technique-actually-works). I’d rearrange my to-do list. I’d work through lunch. Still, I still found myself with the same problem: There was never enough time. **_Read More:_** [**_3 Simple Strategies to Actually Work (Closer to) 40-Hour Weeks_**](https://www.themuse.com/advice/3-simple-strategies-to-actually-work-closer-to-40hour-weeks) In these stressful moments, my thought process was always the same. “What’s my problem?” I’d think to myself while staring at that lengthy roster of unfinished tasks, “I must really suck at managing my time.” Sound familiar? Recently, I read [this thought-provoking article](https://journal.thriveglobal.com/why-you-really-dont-have-a-time-management-problem-82eb6e31ffc9) written by Charlie Gilkey, in which he mentions that the idea of time management itself is really a bankrupt concept. **_Read More:_** [**_How Successful People Finish All Their Work by Thursday (Stress-Free)_**](https://www.themuse.com/advice/how-successful-people-finish-all-their-work-by-thursday-stressfree) “Money can be managed. People can be managed. Schedules can be managed. Time can only be accounted for,” he eloquently explains in the piece. He goes on to explain that people who believe themselves to have [time management](https://www.themuse.com/advice/7-time-management-tricks-that-keep-expert-multitaskers-sane) problems really have priority management problems. There’s no way they’ll ever give themselves more hours in the day—so, they need to get better at determining what tasks and to-dos should actually be filling that allotted space. I’m sure we all know that’s far easier said than done. So, Gilkey also suggests several questions you can use to help yourself better identify your own priorities. And, one in particular really resonated with me. It was this: --- > “” --- It’s a deceivingly simple question—yet, one that’s far too easy for us to lose sight of when we’re attempting to tread water throughout our workdays. Admittedly, I’m guilty (as I’m sure the rest of you are as well!) of not necessarily tackling things according to their priority level. I’ll start my day with mindless tasks like clearing out my inbox—when that article that’s due by the end of the day should really be up first. **_Read More:_** [**_The Tip You 100% Need to Read If You Find Yourself Killing Time Every Week_**](https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-tip-you-100-need-to-read-if-you-find-yourself-killing-time-every-week) Even further, things that aren’t necessarily relevant or of extreme importance wiggle their way into a spot on my to-do list and stay there. They don’t need to be done today—or even tomorrow—yet I cloud my perception of my own priorities by assigning them false importance. For the past few days, I’ve used this question to counteract those natural tendencies and help me get a better grasp on where I should _really_ be focusing my attention and my time. I’ve even gone so far as to take a highlighter to my to-do list to pull out those must-do items that would otherwise get buried. I’m pleased to say that, so far, things have been going well. Those high-ranking tasks are wrapped up by the end of each day, leaving me to feel accomplished and on top of things—rather than stressed and frazzled. So, if you find yourself often complaining about your perceived time management problem, I recommend you give Gilkey’s article a read and this strategy a try. No, I haven’t managed to _literally_ get myself more hours in the day—but, it certainly feels that way. _This_ [_article_](https://www.themuse.com/advice/asking-this-one-question-helps-me-feel-like-i-have-more-hours-in-the-day) _originally appeared on_ [_TheMuse.com_](http://themuse.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4955611/time-management-advice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4955611/time-management-advice/"},"headline":"How to Give Yourself More Time During the Day","datePublished":"2017-09-25T13:55:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:52.732Z","description":"It starts with a simple question","url":"https://time.com/4955611/time-management-advice/","keywords":["motto","Time management","career advice","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94f614d663cea7ee/6988df35bc6cfcd3ff3e3399/woman-career-time.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kat Boogaard / The Muse"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94f614d663cea7ee/6988df35bc6cfcd3ff3e3399/woman-career-time.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Businesswoman sitting on bench using cell phone","caption":"Businesswoman sitting on bench using cell phone","creditText":"Dan Dalton—Getty Images/Caiaimage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4955611/time-management-advice/","name":"How to Give Yourself More Time During the Day"}}]}] ```