Time Management Resources

Do you use time management principles for academic tasks/assignments?
Are you well organized?
Do you anticipate scheduling problems?
Do you know the best times of the day for you?
Do you have a specific time and place to study each subject?
Can you balance academic, social and work schedules?
Do you have a master schedule?

If you answered no to any of these questions you should work on learning the principles of good scheduling, how to create and use schedules, how to deal with distractions, how to complete goals and avoid procrastination.

Good Time Management Means – Programming Your Time to Gain Time        

If you find that you need more time for all your studies and other activities, consider programming (or scheduling) you time.  You are almost certain to “gain” extra time much sooner than you would think.  Programming actually gives you more time, makes you the master of your time, and provides flexibility that you want.  Here are some additional benefits that you can derive from programming your time wisely.

Gets you started.  We all know how hard it is to get started.  Often a well-planned schedule can be the external force that gives us a needed shove.

Prevents avoidance of disliked subjects.  The mind can play tricks.  Without actually deciding to do so, we can keep ourselves from doing something we don’t like by occupying ourselves with favorite subjects.

Monitors the slackening-off process. By apportioning time properly, we can keep ourselves from slackening as the semester wears on.

Eliminates the wrong type of cramming.  If cramming just before exam is to be effective, the original studying and learning must take place day by day.

Makes studying enjoyable.  When done without the pressure of time, studying and learning can be intensely interesting.

Promotes cumulative review.  Sandwiching in short review periods is the best way to retain knowledge, as well as to prepare for future exams.  It is less fatiguing and more effective to review a subject in four distributed thirty-minute sessions than in a single massed two-hour session.

Frees the mind.  To keep from forgetting details, we may think them and rethink them.  This often leads to a tense feeling of pressure and confusion.  Putting things to do on paper takes them off the mental treadmill.

Controls the Study break.  Rewarding yourself with a ten minute break when you finish a scheduled block of study helps minimize clock watching.  During short breaks, stand up, walk around, or just stare out of the window.

Keeps you from overlooking recreation.  Physical and social activities are needed for a well-balanced personality, good health, and more efficient study sessions.  On the other hand, allowing extracurricular activities to outweigh studies probably accounts for more failures in college than anything else.

Regulates daily living.  Without a plan to guide us, assignments are bound to pile up.  When they do, we lose control, and our daily living is thrown into chaos.  With a schedule, even weekends and holidays can be free from worry.

Time Management & College Students
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