Time Management

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Time Management
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Time Management

• What well be covering
• advantages to good time management
• assess your time management skills
• create your ultimate schedule
• making to-do lists

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Time Management

• Why is time management important?
• one of the most important skills for college
  students in being able to accomplish your goals
  depends, in part, on your ability to make the
  most efficient use of the time that you have good
  time management skills can actually save you time

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In class assignment Assess your time management
skills

• Complete the Are You Using Your Time Wisely
  assessment
• Check to see what your answers to the assessment
  should be.

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Time Management Tips

• Monitor your time
• If you feel like you dont have enough time,
  spend a few days monitoring your time to see
  exactly how it is spent.

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Time Management Tips

• Make a daily to-do list

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Steps to making to-do lists

• Write a list of activities that you want or need
  to accomplish today
• Remember to prioritize and list the most
  important tasks first
• Check to see if there are any activities that you
  can accomplish at the same time

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Steps to making to-do lists

• Write down how long you anticipate it will take
  you to get the task done
• Write down when you will start each activity

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Making to-do lists Know your options

• Use a planner
• a planner can be an effective and easy way to
  help you organize your time
• look at a number of different kinds of planners
  before you select one- some will help you more
  than others
• choose one that is easy to carry with you
• commit to checking/updating it daily
• try to include your daily to-do list in your
  planner

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Practice making a to-do list

• Think of the things that you would like to
  accomplish for tomorrow
• Use the steps we discussed as a guide in creating
  your list

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Time Management Tips

• Use a planner
• a planner can be an effective and easy way to
  help you organize your time
• look at a number of different kinds of planners
  before you select one- some will help you more
  than others
• choose one that is easy to carry with you
• commit to checking/updating it daily
• try to include your daily to-do list in your plan

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Time Management Tips

• Make a long-term calendar

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Make a long-term calendar

• write in important dates like exams and due dates
  
• post it where you can see it, like by the phone
  or on the refrigerator

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Time Management Tips

• be flexible
• Always leave some free-time for some last-minute
  additions

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Time Management Tips

• Avoid marathon study sessions
• a couple of hours each day will help you to
  remember more than eight hours at once
• scheduling study time will help you to avoid
  procrastination and reduce stress
• schedule study time over 5-7 days instead of
  packing it all into one or two days

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Time Management Tips

• Use waiting time
• Waiting time is any time you spend between
  meetings, classes, events, etc.

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How to effectively use wait time

• One of the best ways to get more out of your day
  is to use waiting time
• Create a list of 5 things that you can do in 10
  minutes
• Create a list of 5 things that you can do in 20
  minutes

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Time Management Tips

• Learn to say no
• Examples of good ways to say no
• Instead of I really should study, say You
  caught me in the middle of something important,
  Ill call you later.
• I cant go the movies tonight, but I can go on
  Saturday.
• Before I say yes, let me check my planner and
  get back to you.

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Understanding procrastination

• When do you procrastinate?
• low interest or motivation
• large tasks
• What happens when you procrastinate
• increase stress
• poorer performance

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Reducing procrastination

• Break tasks into smaller, more manageable tasks
• for example, writing a paper can be broken down
  into getting references, reading reference,
  writing an outline, creating a rough draft and
  completing the final copy
• When given an assignment, do some work on it
  right away
• Spend some time studying each day
• Reward yourself along the way

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The Ultimate Schedule

• First, block off time for your FIXED activities
• class
• work
• meetings

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The Ultimate Schedule

• Second, block off time for your RITUAL activities
  
• meals
• travel/commute
• sleep
• grooming

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The Ultimate Schedule

• Third, block off time for your PRIORITY
  activities
• studying
• try to schedule 2 hours of study time for each
  hour spent in class
• exercising

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The Ultimate Schedule

• Your FREE time is the time that remains, use it
  for
• watching television
• shopping
• Socializing

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Summary

• As time management skills develop, your stress
  and anxiety levels will go down and productivity
  will go up Time management tools which include
  day planners, to-do lists, weekly and long-term
  calendars will increase organization and help
  eliminate procrastination

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Apply what youve learned

• Using the steps for creating the Ultimate
  Schedule, design your ultimate schedule
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