Happy 2011, everyone! Whether you’re a resolution-maker or not, I bet at the top of your list is to be more efficient. Being efficient is something I try to be aware of often. Why? Because using your time wisely leads you conquering your goals, making more money, and finding overall happiness. Doesn’t that sound awesome?! With that said, here are a few tips to help you be truly efficient everyday.

Ah, time. What a luxury? There’s never enough of it, and the time you do have, you probably use it for annoying tasks like chores and errands.

Last week, I received an email from HealthyWomen regarding a survery they recently conducted about time. The surveyed asked more than 1,000 women how they were spending their time and how they wish they’d be spending it. I found the results interesting and wanted to share with you. I bet after reading these results, you won’t feel alone.

• Women are doing more than ever.  They are working outside the home, yet are still spending significant time on domestic chores (49%) and paying bills or running errands (47%). Almost a quarter of women (23%) said that their time-draining activities included personal communications chores such as making phone calls, texting and emailing. 

Whether you’re an entrepreneur or a working mother, your time becomes one of your most valuable commodities. It can even be considered a form of currency—for example, if you’re bartering with other businesses. So if this resource is so precious, we must not waste it. And I don’t mean you shouldn’t be wasting helping others or on a creative venture. Being wasteful with your time is spending hours, days worrying or being negative.

How many times do we find ourselves overwhelmed with life and instead of focusing on one thing at a time, we throw our hands in the air and say, “forget it?” Think of all that energy you spent listening to your mind chatter to the point that it disabled you to move forward. What a waste of time! And let’s not forget the time we spent complaining to our significant other about what an awful day we had. If we only have two hours to spend with our significant other before the day is over, why spend it talking about something that already made you upset during the day?