Time Management Mistakes: Why You Never Have Enough Time

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Hey there, I’m Cinzia DuBois. I’m a part-time, self-funded PhD student and YouTuber, Podcaster and writer. I’ve been creating videos for over thirteen years. I discuss productivity, personal development, PhD, academia and mental well-being on this channel. On my main channel, I talk about all things dark and ancient history, literature and folklore.

[chewiecheshire]

I'm starting to think Cinzia is a witch because she always seems to release these videos when I need them the most. Either that, or my life is a complete mess, and her videos just happen to be very applicable to it.

[mch]

AS someone who is forever say that I am terrible at time management, I found this to be a thought-provoking perspective, thank you for making this video.

[NatalieAuroraS]

My goal is to focus on my writing, reading and my crochet. My struggles are: Negative thought patterns, focus and stress management. I unfortunately have been wasting my time with scrolling on instagram and watching videos that don't add to my goals. Watching your video just made me understand that I use these time wasting habits as a coping mechanism to deal my stress and negative thoughts. Thank you so much Cinzia. P.S.: I just created a playlist of your videos so I can access them when I need some words of advice.

[lesliemoiseauthor]

I love your blend of mythological videos, and the more how-to topics. All are informational, useful, and fun! "Time isn't manageable." Profound.

[Alien-rs]

She opened my eyes. This is the first ever video I’ve seen from her channel and it’s like I finally acknowledge the truth. I’ve been on my phone for useless stuff and screwing up my sleep schedule, pushing a lot of enjoyable things to the last moment…I’m going to ditch social media, easier said than done but I gotta try 😭

[e.m.]

I love how you always turn to such vital topics for us, young academics. People (myself included) sometimes don't realize that all of these are quite common things and not just highly specific individual struggles (the burnouts, the inability to find the right partner at an early age, time "management" problems).

[raventhoman]

I have ADHD and undiagnosed autism, I have bad executive dysfunction and half the time I feel like I'm just waiting that way I can do something, I spend so much time mentally screaming at myself because I can't even force myself to do things I need to do to live like eat and drink on a regular basis, I can't do things I want when I want and it's so infuriating to just not have control about what I can and can't do on any given day.

[MJ-tcqz]

Hey Cinzia, I really enjoy your videos - keep 'em coming!

[hulkmahmut]

At the first part of the video I was like "I already know I cant control 'time' what is she talking about? I already know my problem is the other stuff." but then at the second part of the video you discussed about the real problem and it was helpful thanks.

[ShikiPirs]

I like the way you talk, you videos are really calming) and encouraging

[peckishpagan]

I’m getting ready to start a WFH job, so this is very well timed. Thank you!!

[marialuciasolartrigoso]

I'm here because i trying to managing time.... i mean, mi lack of Focus, energy, priorities, bad habits and negative thoughts.

[robertmkorte]

Thanks! This going to be my daily mantra video 🥄🥄🥄

[brimarie]

I think this way of thinking can be very beneficial, but to imply that everyone is simply not managing priorities ect well enough is short sided. I know many peers who are full time students, full time workers, and parents and there simply aren't any priorities that can budge and there aren't anymore resources that can be pulled to alleviate the burden.

For myself my disability means that even though I'd love to do things like hobbies, I physically need to lay down with my eyes closed for much of my day and even though that rest doesn't align with my ideal scenario I don't have the choice to forgo it. Without extreme amounts of rest there is no participation in other things.

Even without a disability rest is important for human health. Waking up early and going to bed late and not taking breaks from productive task isn't a healthy way to live.

For some people it absolutely is down to a choice/prioritization. But I think a lot of people who desperately try to find time management solutions are looking for control in situations where there isn't much to be had and to not acknowledge that sometimes there isn't enough time to do everything is doing them a disservice by perpetuating their guilt.

[robcreel]

I like to map out my day. From the time I wake up to the time I go to bed, I think about what I want to accomplish throughout the day. Mostly as a guideline and adjust as necessary. Most of the time it works.

[ClearBlueSky]

Thank you so much for your video !!
Was expecting something different from the popular mainstream hustle culture-y videos and wasn't disappointed at all !!
These are issues you can actually work on, rather than vaguely trying to manage time

[alauniyahh]

definitely gonna be coming back to this video 😭

[peabubble]

thank you for this video and sharing your thoughts and perspective on this matter, I really feel some kind of relief after watching it! Its really hard to not beat yourself over "wasting" time, since it is such a limited resource, but I want to make an effort in reminding myself that its okay because I feel like this is something that's making me miserable for quite some time and I really want to change something.

[wandguardnoodle]

Yup, you totally hit the nail on the head with this one. I theoretically have time to do stuff after work, for example, but my problem is that after work I usually have no mental/physical energy to do stuff or have too much decision fatigue from the day to be creative. So I have been trying to get up earlier in the day so I can do yoga and read before work, sometimes I succeed, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I do only 10 minutes of yoga but it is still better than nothing. And of course, I sometimes spend hours watching vlogs on youtube to cope with anxiety/stress xD

[Welivebythesea]

Agreed! For years I bemoaned the fact I never had time to do the things I wanted to do before realising the only person stopping me was ME