06/12/04Ver Making the Most of Your Time COL 103 Chapter 2 Professor Jackie Kroening (PSY office)

06/12/04 Ver Time for Success You can not escape time If you ignore time it still moves forward “Who is in charge of your time?” YOU ARE

06/12/04 Ver Learning Where Time is Going Time Log  A record of how you actually have spent your time including interruptions (Page 32) Record time for everything  Personal Care  Food  Classes  Studies  Work  Recreation  Other personal  Sleep  Others repare P

06/12/04 Ver Black Holes What is eating up your time?  Long phone conversations  Watching that extra TV program  Staying up to late so you get up later in the morning then you should  Washing your car instead of studying

06/12/04 Ver Set Priorities Tasks and activities you need and want to do ranked in order from most important to least important Identify priorities for an entire term What do you need to accomplish  Specific  Measurable

06/12/04 Ver Identify Prime Time Know your body clock  Day person  Night person Difficult tasks in your prime time Easy tasks in you worst time

06/12/04 Ver Mastering the Moment Organize yourself to take control of your time  Master calendar – shows all the weeks of the term on one page (include every week of the term and seven days per week)  Weekly timetable – days of the week across the top, hours on the left hand side  A daily to-do list – portable calendar that includes every day of the week O rganize

06/12/04 Ver Master Calendar Course assignments and due dates Exam dates Writing assignments due dates Dates from personal life

06/12/04 Ver Weekly Timetable Transfer dates from Master Calendar Pre-class session study times Exam study times (shorter periods rather then one long block of time) Writing paper time

06/12/04 Ver Weekly 24-7 Planning Sheet

06/12/04 Ver To-Do-List Now complete your daily to-do-list Complete your daily to-do-list a day ahead of time List all the things you need to do for the next day Do not schedule every single minute of the day. That is counterproductive

06/12/04 Ver Things-To-Do-List My Goals for the Week academic goals: personal goals: my values: Things To Do List ___________ (today's date) Item priority completed ____________ ( ) ( )

06/12/04 Ver Controlling Time Do not be hard on yourself, thing happen! Control you time  Just say no  Get away from it all. Go to the library  Enjoy the sounds of silence  Take control of your communications  Let your fingers do the walking  Expect the unexpected. W ork

06/12/04 Ver Procrastination Break large tasks into small ones Start with the easiest and simple part of the tasks, then do the harder parts Work with others – study groups

06/12/04 Ver Balance school and family Provide activities for children Make spending time with children a priority (quality time) Enlist your children’s help Use television appropriately Find the best child care that you can Accept that studying will be harder with kids around

06/12/04 Ver Balance school and work Make to-do lists for work Study during slack time Ask about flextime Accept new responsibilities carefully Keep in mind why you are working

06/12/04 Ver Checking Your Time Check your to-do lists to see if you are using your time correctly Check off is important – provides objective record of what you have done and when E valuate

06/12/04 Ver Reflecting on style of Time Management At the end of each day  How did you accomplish your to-do and why  Why did you not accomplish your to-do and why Should you do less? Should you do more? R ethink