Most people bite off far more than what they can chew from the beginning, and do being effective with your time is so simple. I createwhat's called a power list: My power list is five critical tasks, five critical tasksand and. Once i do those things, i won the day. The rest of the day i got to go do whatever i want. That's the reality of getting your shit done. When you get it done every single day, those efforts and those tasks become cumulative. You know why? Because i moved forward to day. And just because you do them when you're in that mental state doesn't mean  you don't overwhelm yourself by doing too much