Plan your day. Take a sheet of paper. Divide it into half-hourly segments. I write the time segments down the middle of the page. From your diary and/or weekly plan, on the left of your page, write down the most important things you want to achieve today. Then, to the right of the half-hourly segments write down when you will do what. Remember to build in healthy things too: time for breaks, meals, physical exercise, family responsibilities, relaxation. Like the pilot of a plane or captain of a ship, you now have your chart for the day. Sometimes you won’t be able to keep to it. Stuff happens. But you have your plan. Without it, how can you get anywhere?