An Intern, a Student and an Artist: How do I manage my time? (MY 3 GOLDEN RULES 🔆)

Rihab Lajmi
3 min readJan 12, 2021

If you know me, you know that I am an active person and I always like to stay busy. But to be honest, sometimes, it just feels like too much work, and I feel overwhelmed by the extravagant amount of tasks I find myself obliged to tackle. Hence, I have come to realize that without a good and effective time management strategy, at some point all my efforts will fall apart and it will get too hard for me to keep a balance between all the activities I do. This is why I have set a couple of rules for me to follow. And everything seemed to fall into place ever since. I even felt like my life has become way easier and less stressful than it used to be. So here are my 3 Golden Rules:

1. Don’t wait for inspiration — do it now

Procrastination is your worst enemy. If you reach a point in your life where you no longer are a pray for the need to postpone everything because it feels like “too much effort”, you are absolutely on the right path. I have suffered from procrastination for so many years and the moment I have finally taken it upon me to fight it and eliminate it as an option, I have started to notice HUGE progress in all aspects of my life. Now, I feel happier, more proud of myself, and more successful. Because, even though sometimes I don’t end up reaching my goal, I never regret…

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Rihab Lajmi

An Electrical Engineering student, artist and Co-Founder of Horizon Gallery. I work as a Category Manager in the Microsoft XBOX DACH and I love writing đź–‹