TIME MANAGEMENT

 1. Prioritize  What is most important FOR YOU?

 2. Plan  What are your short and long term goals?  Deadlines?

 3. Manage Time  Identify current use of time  Match with priority list and goals  Adjust accordingly

 Make a list of THREE things that are most important for you to do during a typical day (apart from eating, sleeping, or hygiene)

 Make a list of THREE things that are most important for you to have achieved in 5 years time  Examples: graduate from college, get married, travel to Antarctica, meet up with a long-lost friend, earn driver’s license, write a book, become a teacher, join a missionary

How may your current priorities help or hinder your way in reaching future priorities? Compare lists.

 Translate future priorities into long-term goals  E.g.: “I will graduate college in 4 years “I will become an airline pilot in 8 years” “I will decide on a career in 6 months”

 Short-term goals: Important steps to achieve a long-term goal  LTG: “I will graduate college in 4 years”  STGs: “I will decide on a major” “I will find out what courses I need to take” “I will develop my course schedule plan” “I will get at least “C’s” in my courses”

 Set deadlines or estimated completion times for short-term goals: “I will decide on a major in a month” “Then, I will find out what courses I need to take in a week” “Then, I will develop my course schedule plan in a week”

SMART  Specific  Measureable  Attainable  Rewarding  Timely

 Get a calendar or planner  Create your monthly and weekly schedules  Create your daily schedule

 First, mark all fixed commitments  Mark deadlines for short-term goals  Make a daily list of activities (“to do list”)  Ensure that list reflects priorities

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 Perfectionism  Procrastination  Confusion  Fear

 Schedule studying same time each day  Categorize priority list into high, medium, and low importance  Do the high importance activity, or most difficult activity, first  Make productive use of free time  Set aside extra time for the unexpected

 Set reasonable time aside for breaks, relaxation, exercise, reflection, and leisure everyday  Eat, sleep, and exercise well and regularly!  Learn to say “no” to unnecessary commitments, unless you truly have time  Reward self for goals achieved, or planned schedules followed

 Divide larger tasks into smaller ones  Periodically revise task list, schedule, or priorities if things are not working  Avoid the time bandits  Seek help from others

 Oversleeping  TV, videogames, Netsurfing, leisure reading  Phone, text, or internet chatting  Cleaning, organizing “stuff”  “hanging out” Keep the above at a minimum unless they are part of your priorities