Managing your time.

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Managing your time.
Welcome to...

• Adam Segal, Learning Skills Program
• www.yorku.ca/cdc

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Time Management Defined

• Time management is best thought of as
  self-management, the skill of making smart
  decisions about how to allocate ones time and
  energy to articulated goals.

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Time awarenessLets look at the numbers

• The term is 2184 hours long..
• Each week is 168 hours long.
• Each day is 24 hours long.
• This deceptively seems like a lot of time.
• Lets breakdown these hours

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WARNING!

• Half of our time goes to 4 things
• sleeping,
• eating,
• commuting,
• personal grooming
• (None of these things are majors at York!)

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Time awareness

• After the basics, there are 1092 hours available
  for use in pursuing your goals.
• Full course loads require 15-20 hours of
  classroom, tutorial, lab, and studio time
• (Going to class is essential, but it isnt enough
  by itself.)

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Time awareness

• So, after the basics, classes and tutorials,
  there are 897 hours available per term for use in
  pursuing your goals.
• Which translates into roughly 69 hours
• per week to manage
• Therefore, only 10 hours a day are really yours
  to manage.

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WARNING!

• For every lecture and tutorial hour, youll need
  to schedule approximately 2 hours for homework if
  you intend on completing the work.
• (A recent York study found that students spend
  5.7 hours per week per course doing homework.)

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Time awareness

• So, after the basics, classes and tutorials, and
  homework, there are 507 hours available per term
• Youll have 39 hours each week with which to
  pursue outside tasks.
• On average, only 5.5 hours a day are really yours
  to use in other ways.

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WARNING!

• And, keep in mind that you lose about 1 hours
  time daily to fatigue, stress, disorganization,
  not knowing what to do next, and avoidance of
  stressful tasks

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The Point!

• There are many fewer hours than you think there
  are!
• Students need to have a strategy in place
• to help them use this time productively
• Stress is one of the main inhibitors of
• success.
• - Having a PLAN helps us feel in control,
• relaxed and motivated!

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Setting Realistic Goals

• Be Committed its ok to not like the
• task but still do it!
• -Be Specific, Realistic and Precise
• with details of goal ltwhen, for how long
• etc.gt
• A big chunk of time is not necessarily
• a good thing Structure your time!

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Some tips on using time...

• Take on fewer tasks or goals than you think will
  fill your time because tasks tend to expand
  beyond the limits planned for them

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Some tips on using time...

• Create more accurate, workable plans by
  subdividing larger tasks into smaller, more
  manageable ones.

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Some tips on organizing your study time...

• Organize course notes
• Identify key information
• Build course ideas together
• Rehearse/review
• Self-test

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Some tips on using time...

• Set interim deadlines.
• They provide ongoing feedback and motivation.
• They can tell you when you need to adjust your
  plan.

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Some tips on using time...

• Learn to get value from using small blocks of
  time effectively. Just a half hour a day can add
  up to weeks of productive time every year.
• What are your
• EXPECTATIONS?

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Some tips on using time...

• Aim to keep a balance of school, work, social
  life, exercise, and personal timebut dont
  forget to study!

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The Point!

• Even though there are common statements we can
  make about students time use, time management is
  a very personal activity.
• Manage your own time compare you with you!
• Think how long does it take me to do this kind
  of task? How long will I spend doing this task?
  What priority will I assign to this task?

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Using a Weekly Planner

• It is important to use a weekly planner
• Many students purchase a planner but
• have difficulty using the planner in a
• helpful and constructive way
• A lot of us think we can have it all
• planned in our head

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Do the tasks in your Schedule

• Take breaks but watch for the
• Never Ending Break
• Take breaks that use a different
• part of your brain
• Vary your study tasks
• Plan flex and buffer time

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Doing the tasks cont.

• Reward yourself
• lte.g. With breaks, nights off etc.gt
• Be realistic when you set up your
• Weekly schedule
• Get to know your Best Study Time
• Part-time Jobs BEWARE!

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Further Resources

• Learning Skills Program
• E-mail lsp_at_yorku.ca
• Web www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp
• Phone [phone]
• College Academic Advisors