Creating and sticking to a schedule—both in your personal and professional life—is the best way to manage your time and ensure you fit everything you need (and want!) to do into your daily life.

But schedules can be challenging, especially if t...

Clearly, if you want to build an effective daily schedule, you need a planner. But what, exactly, do you need to include in that planner?

Here’s an outline of the five must-have’s to include on each task in your daily planner schedule:

• Time
• Commitment
• Other people...

• If sticking to a schedule on your own is difficult, ask the support of a friend, coworker, or family member to hold you accountable. 
• Pull out your planner at the end of each day and take a brief check of your schedule to see how well you stayed to it. If you struggle, think about ho...

1. Perform a Time Inventory

You can use Digital Planners available in the Market to Track Down what are you doing every day, block a specific amount of time on these activities. If you are not a techie, you can use the good old-fashioned Planners.

2. List your...

Is there a way to keep on top of your to-do list?

Color coding can be used to distinguish between distinct commitments. Work commitments, for example, could be highlighted in pink, family commitments in yellow, and personal commitments in blue. That way, you'll be able to see right away wh...