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    Questions To Ask Yourself About Time Management

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    The document discusses time management and provides tips for effective time management. It addresses key areas like setting goals, scheduling time, and staying motivated. Some of the main points covered include setting specific, measurable, achievable and realistic goals; using a daily planner and scheduling larger blocks of time for difficult tasks; and finding ways to motivate yourself and avoid procrastination like rewarding accomplishments.

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    The key takeaways from the passage are that effective time management involves setting goals, scheduling time efficiently, and staying motivated to follow through with plans. It also discusses various time management strategies and tips.

    The three steps to effective time management are: effective time scheduling, good goal setting, and motivation to follow through with scheduling and goal setting.

    Some tips for effective goal setting include making goals specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and having a time frame. Goals should be challenging but realistic based on a person's strengths and weaknesses.

    Time Management

    Questions to Ask Yourself about Time


    Management:
    How can I balance conflicting priorities?
    How can I deal with surprises in time scheduling?
    What level of commitments can I handle?

    “Our costliest expenditure is time…” - Theophrastus

    3 Steps to effective Time Management:

    • Effective Time Scheduling


    • Good Goal Setting
    • Motivation to follow through with Scheduling and Goal Setting

    Each of these areas is inter-related and fundamentally important to


    individuals’ ability to manage their time effectively.

    Good Goal Setting:


    A goal is a specific outcome that is desired.
    Goals should be:

    • Specific: Be specific about the task at hand; i.e. instead of


    saying ‘study biology’, write down specific objectives such as, ‘I
    will read pg. 129 – 145’, or, ‘ I will write out study questions for
    chapter 1.’
    • Measurable: There should be some tangible evidence of success.
    • Achievable: Be realistic about the task to be completed in a time
    frame you have set. Based on your knowledge of your strengths
    and weaknesses, use this information to maximize your chances
    of successfully completing the tasks you have planned.
    • Realistic: Setting goals for every minute of the day is unrealistic.
    Different people will need to plan in varying degrees of detail.
    You may need to plan on the hour, the half hour, by fifteen-
    minute blocks, or smaller amounts if you have an extremely
    busy schedule.
    • Time frame: Specify when you plan to work and how long you
    anticipate it will take you to achieve each goal. Try to stick to
    you plans for time, but recognize that some things may take
    longer than initially planned for.

    While these strategies for goals are related directly to Time


    Management efforts, the same basic truths hold true of any goal
    setting efforts. To truly be effective they must be specific, measurable,
    achievable, realistic, and have a time frame in which they must be
    accomplished.

    Time Scheduling:

    • Consider a time log to find out how you spend your time. Write
    down every task, including eating, sleeping, leisure time, etc,
    and the amount of time it took. Then analyze how you spend
    your time and where you could have made your time usage
    more efficient.
    • Make a list of everything you have to do in a week and the
    amount of time that you need to accomplish this, include
    everything (sleeping, eating, studying, working, relax time,
    movies, class, exercise, going out with friends, travel time, etc.)
    Then total the amount of time for these activities. A week only
    has 168 hours in it (7 days X 24 hours). Most individuals will find
    that they are committed to more hours of week than there are
    actual hours. This requires the individual to prioritize the
    activities in their life.
    • Make a “to-do list” everyday, and make it a goal to accomplish
    everything on your list.
    • Use a daily/weekly planner to keep track of what you need to
    accomplish.
    • Use a long-term calendar to record test dates, important due
    dates, things that you need to plan ahead for.

    Motivation:

    • Managing your time will give you more free time. If this isn’t
    motivation to manage your time actively, nothing will be!
    • Find something that will motivate you to accomplish your goals
    in the allocated time.
    • Reward yourself for accomplishing your goals.

    One of the most difficult parts of time management is motivating


    yourself to follow your scheduled plan.

    General Principles of Time Management:

    • Many effective schedulers take 5-10 minutes, either in the


    morning or before they go to bed, to plan their day.
    • Allow larger blocks of time for grasping new and/or difficult
    concepts.
    • Keep up with your schedule daily. Letting yourself get behind
    allows work to build up and it may take longer periods of time to
    get the work done if this happens.
    • Concentrate on learning material the first time around. Then
    work on reviewing and refreshing material. This will allow you to
    determine where you need to do more studying instead of
    reviewing material you are already strong in.
    • Avoid marathon study sessions. Most individuals’ attention spans
    range from 20-50 minutes in length depending on the subject
    matter. Be willing to take short breaks in order to refresh your
    attention span and recognize your own attention span.
    • Use waiting time effectively! Many times you can accomplish a
    great deal of work in the short bits of time you have before or
    after class, while you wait for appointments, etc. This is valuable
    study time that allows you to distribute information over time.
    • Divide and conquer. Divide large projects into manageable
    sections and prepare a schedule for each section.

    Keys to Effective Time Management:

    • Know how to evaluate and complete tasks in order of


    importance.
    • Recognize your time ‘bandits’:
    o What are the things that keep you from doing what you
    planned (T.V., phone, friends)? Avoid them during planned
    study sessions and use one of them as reward when
    finished.
    o Find a good study area. Control your study environment
    (shut off the T.V., don’t answer the phone, close your
    dorm room/bedroom door, ask people not to bother you
    for a few hours, study elsewhere if this isn’t working.)
    • Learn to say NO. Protect your planned time and don’t spread
    yourself too thin with extracurricular activities. Over time you
    will learn what is a manageable work/study load that you can
    handle.

    Tips for Stopping Procrastination:

    • Get to work right away. (Do a rough outline, start on the middle
    if you get stuck in starting or ending)
    • Study everyday – Make it a routine! Spending time everyday on
    each course will prevent pile up. For some, it works best to
    simply plan study time like it was another class. It can then be a
    daily scheduled event that you will do.
    • Use rewards after study sessions to encourage you to work again
    the next day. There’s no better feeling than accomplishment!

    General Time Management Tips:

    • Tools that can be used: Planners, digital assistants,


    computerized schedules, pieces of paper, calendars, time logs,
    etc.
    • Don’t forget relaxation time. Get enough sleep. Proper sleep will
    allow you to be more efficient in your usage of time.
    • Task diversity may be necessary to avoid boredom.
    • 80% of a student’s semester can be planned out within the first
    2 weeks. Ask yourself what you NEED to do.
    • Know how to get work done efficiently and quickly without
    sacrificing quality.
    • Keep long- and short-term views in mind.

    Conclusion:

    • Time management helps you to be a better student.


    • Good time management will actually help you spend less time
    studying (procrastination).
    • Always expect the unexpected and be able to be flexible but still
    accomplish what needs to be done.
    • None of this works if you ‘cram’. Spread it out!

    Successful time management techniques will actually lead to more


    FREE TIME!!

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