Time Management
Time management is the appropriate use of and structuring of your time in order for you to maximize your time. If you learn how to maximize your time, you will have ample time to successfully accomplish everything you need to and want to accomplish.
- Use a planner or calendar to keep track of dates, appointments and fixed commitments. This will help you to see where your free time is!
- Write down classes and important commitments first
- Schedule your chores: when you will clean, do laundry, food shopping, etc.
- Next schedule your study sessions
- Last schedule you leisure time!
- Review your syllabi for important due dates and make sure to include this in your planner.
- Prioritize your tasks
- Plan study time in advance to prevent cramming
- Learn to say no to distractions
Say No to Cramming!
Say you entered a contest at the local gym and you won the grand prize which included six hours of training sessions from a personal trainer. You have a choice of taking six separate training sessions over six weeks or having all six training sessions in one day? Which would you benefit from the most? Of course you would take the six training sessions over six weeks because each week you would get stronger and improve. The same goes for studying! Try to study a little bit each day. It is more effective than cramming the night before the test.