As a regional director for loss prevention for the Marriott Corp. in the 1980s, I attended an “Insight To Time Management” seminar conducted by Charles Hobbs of Salt Lake City. The ideas in this article I got from that seminar and from more than 40 years of personal experience, with Marriott and with local, state, and the federal government. Planning is the key to good time management and to understanding how all this can fit into your lifestyle.

Here are a few ideas you might want to consider:

1. Put everything in writing. Use the Day-Timer system or another monthly planner system. According to a Chinese proverb, “Even the palest ink is better than the best memory.” This is especially true the older you get.

2. Learn these three concepts:

• Time management. What is time? It’s the occurrence of events, one after another. What is management? It’s the act of controlling. What is time management? Time management is the act of controlling events, as much as humanly possible.

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