Commit to not starting your day until you have planned it out. Distinguish between obligatory and discretionary time. In any given day, you'll already have a certain number of hours that are automatically committed to various tasks and activities, such as sleeping and driving to and from work or school. This is your obligation time. Using your day planner, write down all the times and places of where you need to be. The time remaining will be a discretionary time, the time that you can actually manage and control