Time management training: productivity with AI

Six short lessons: a one-week time audit, prioritizing what matters, a balanced weekly plan, beating procrastination, using AI chatbots to break down projects (and checking what they give you), and protecting your time and energy. Built on NHS, healthdirect and NIH guidance.

What you'll cover

Where does your time go? A one-week time auditTrack a typical week, compare it with what matters to you, and set one or two short-term goals to plan around.
Prioritize: urgent, important, and what can waitSort tasks by urgency and importance, accept you can’t do everything, say no, and clear email with four Ds.
Plan your week and your dayOne to-do list in one place, a color-coded week with routine, necessary and enjoyable time, time blocks, and real breaks.
Beat procrastination and build habits that stickFind your avoidance areas, use the just-5-minutes and task-swap techniques, the 3 Ps, and habit triggers.
Productivity with AI: plan, break down and draft fasterUse an AI chatbot to break projects into steps, draft a weekly plan, summarize and draft messages, with checks for errors and privacy.
Protect your time and energy: boundaries, sleep and a weekly reviewBoundaries between work and home, sleep, burnout warning signs, stress busters and a 15-minute weekly review.

General information. Not health or employment advice. Examples are fictional. If stress or low mood affects your daily life, talk to a doctor.

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Time management training: productivity with AI.

Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 13 quick checks · 1 download

Who it's for
Busy adults in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere who want a calmer, more realistic way to plan their time, including with AI tools.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time. You start with just your first name and email, and you can take one whole course that way. After that, a free account lets you continue past lesson 1.
Sources we rely on
9 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.

By the end you can

Run a time audit and set one or two specific goals
Prioritize tasks by urgency and importance, and say no politely
Build a balanced weekly plan with time blocks, breaks and gaps
Use simple techniques and habit triggers to start avoided tasks
Use AI to break down projects and draft plans, checking facts and protecting privacy

Downloads

Time management planner .xlsxA time audit, an urgent/important task sorter, a color-coded weekly plan, a habit tracker and a weekly review, with Marcus’s worked example.

Rules by country

Australia: healthdirect: review a typical week, set boundaries between work and home, and know the signs of burnout; Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636. healthdirect’s habit guide: small goals, triggers, repetition. Flexible work: ask your employer (healthdirect).
United Kingdom: NHS inform: six time-management tips (goals, one to-do list, urgent and important first, a 30-minute break, the four Ds for email, time blocks). NHS Every Mind Matters: color-code your week; just 5 minutes; the 3 Ps. NHS 10 stress busters. NCSC on AI hallucination.
United States: NIH Emotional Wellness Toolkit: set priorities, say no to new tasks if they’re too much, adults need 7 or more hours of sleep. MedlinePlus: learn to set limits; aim for about 7 to 9 hours of sleep.

Learning time

About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.

Sources

Check the originals.

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General information only. Life courses don't give health, financial or legal advice.

6 easy time-management tips · NHS inform (NHS Scotland)
Tackling your to-do list (Every Mind Matters) · NHS (England)
10 stress busters · NHS (England)
Work-life balance: strategies and where to get help · healthdirect (Australian Government-funded health information service)
Creating healthy habits · healthdirect (Australia)
Emotional Wellness Toolkit · National Institutes of Health (NIH, US)
Learn to manage stress · MedlinePlus, US National Library of Medicine
AI and cyber security: what you need to know · National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, UK)
What is AI? · Be Connected, eSafety Commissioner (Australia)

Publisher

Who publishes this course.

Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.

How it's made: researched from published official, government and vendor guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. Read how these courses are made.

Last updated: 1 November 2026

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