The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit: 25 Productivity Tools for Adults with ADHD and Chronically Busy People

by Risa Williams

Overview

Do you find time constantly slipping away from you? Or does completing a to-do list feel totally unachievable? We all have 24 hours in a day, but sometimes putting them to good use can feel like an impossible task. The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit is here to change that!

Written by a clinical therapist and author of The Ultimate Anxiety Toolkit, this book focuses on practical methods and strategies, including creative worksheets and easy to use techniques, to help you find your motivation, achieve your goals and feel less stressed about organizing your time.

With 25 different techniques based on CBT, mindfulness and narrative therapy, you can find out which strategies work best for you to help transform how you use your time and learn how to feel empowered to make positive changes to habits in your daily life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839971785
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	08/18/2022
Series:	Ultimate Toolkits for Psychological Wellbeing
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	509,469
Product dimensions:	6.77(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Risa Williams is a licensed clinical therapist with a practice in Los Angeles, specializing in time management tools and goal-setting strategies. She is the award-winning author of the self-help books, The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit, The Ultimate Anxiety Toolkit and The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit (JKP Books). She is also a psychology professor, a mom, the podcast host of "The Motivation Mindset" and a writer. Learn more at risawilliams.com or by following @risawilliamstherapy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Introduction Time to Talk About Time 11

Chapter 1 When You Want to Manage Your Time 16

The Task Intensity Meter 16

The Time Buffer 27

The Task Dessert 35

The Brain Warm-Up 40

The Gear Shifter 51

Chapter 2 When You Want to Get Organized 62

The Weekly Post-It 62

The Odds & Ends List 70

The Time Containers 74

The Color Coder 84

The Stuff Station 91

The Stuff Round-Up 98

The Day Bookends 102

Chapter 3 When You Want to Feel Motivated 116

The Music Motivator 116

The Wall Crusher 125

The Intention Compass 133

Chapter 4 When You Want to Achieve Your Goals 140

The Goal Splicer 140

The Goal Sponsor 147

The Goal Tracker 152

The Reward Planner 158

Chapter 5 When You Want to Feel Calm and Confident 168

The Decision Tracker 168

The Word Selector 173

The Frustration Surfboard 178

The Calm Center 182

The Good Stuff Journal 185

Mental Health Resources 188

References 189

About the Author 192

Editorial Reviews

The Ultimate Time Management Toolkit was really well timed for me in my professional and personal life. As a new mom and therapist who runs my own practice, tools like managing "micro-thoughts" and choosing a specific song to get myself motivated to do yet another load of laundry, fit in well with both my everyday life and the work I do with my clients. Risa Williams writes in such a way that feels like a warm conversation, making the material not just easy to digest, but a much welcomed quick read - I am looking forward to using these tools with my clients for years to come!

Cynthia Siadat

Short on time? Make time to read this book! Not only does it cover a wide range of cognitive and emotional skills necessary for effective time management, it breaks them down into simple, step-by-step activities, from skillfully dispersing high and low energy tasks to creatively putting your phone in "time-out." Risa provides plenty of examples so readers can individualize tools to fit their own needs. And she doesn't just talk the talk. She walks the walk. Expertly organized chapters make this book accessible for even the most "chronically busy" readers.

Erica Curtis

As a psychiatrist who works extensively with individuals with ADHD, this book is a fantastic find. Risa's actionable executive function skills are illustrated using accessible language and real-world anecdotes. This book is an incredibly useful toolbox for those who are starting out on their ADHD journey as well as those who have found themselves caught in one of life's stuck points. I will definitely recommend this book to my patients and colleagues alike.

Mike Feldmeier

Risa did it again! She found a way to take the overwhelming concept of time management and to simplify it to make it feel accessible and feasible. Where most of us don't even know where to begin, Risa lays out a step-by-step framework for a new perspective on time and our power to harness its strengths and to stop feeling slaves to it. Her worksheets and practical questions guide us to release the urgency we impose on ourselves when it comes to time. Her prompts allow us to customize her tools to our own lives and to make it easy to build a new skillset and perspective. I love the simplicity of her examples and the relatable visualization tools she weaves in to make these new concepts stick. I found myself using her tools when I least expected to and incorporating them seamlessly into my day. Her stories and images make it accessible in a way that is beautifully relatable.

Dr Tarryn MacCarthy

With Risa Williams' productivity toolkit, she encourages us to treat our mental energy like a priceless natural resource (which it is!) - her tools help us mine it and leverage it so we can reduce stress, accomplish things, and feel good about ourselves. Her metaphors and explanations are easy to understand, re-affirming, super clever, and fun to read. As I moved through the book, I found myself recognizing my "goal-robot" patterns and I became more conscious in my daily life. Very grateful for this book!

Ezra Werb

If you, like most of us, fall under the umbrella of a chronically busy person, this book is just the ticket. This book focuses on practical methods and strategies, including creative worksheets and easy-to-use techniques, to help you find your motivation, achieve your goals, and feel less stressed about organizing your time.

Choosing Therapy

They say time waits for no human and also that it's relative. Gaining more control over how one uses time can seem magical, and Williams provides many concepts and practical tools to get the most out of it! This is a must read for anyone that has struggled with time management, which is everyone in my opinion.

Andrew Ralles