1. Don't say you don't have enough time
Don't say you don't have enough time.  You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. 
~Life's Little Instruction Book, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Utilizing your time

2. How Do You Utilize Your Time?
It really doesn’t matter if you make a list and then come home and
Surf the web
Watch TV
Shoot hoops
Sleep
The point of making the list is to ONLY do those things on the list!!

3. But. . . I hate coming home and going straight to work
I’m hungry when I get home
I’m tired when I get home
I deserve a break
Can’t I have any fun?
Etc.

4. Break Larger Assignments Down
Read chapter 1 of Scarlet Letter
Read chapter 2 of Scarlet Letter
Read chapter 3
Read chapter 4
Read chapter 5

5. Now place the required assignment into a time sequence
2:30—nap
3:00—Read SL 1-2
3:30—Play computer game
3:45—Read SL 3
4:00—Practice piano
5:00—help with dinner
6:00—Finish reading SL assignment
7:00—Watch TV
8:00—Call friends

6. Sometimes, smaller rewards are a necessity!! MRS. GESSEL’S SCHEDULE
3:00 to 4:00—nap
4:00 to 6:00—fix dinner; eat; clean up
6:00 to 7:00—correct essays
7:00 to 8:00—watch TV and exercise.
8:00 to 9:00—free time or lesson prep
Correct essays during commercials if watching TV
9:00 to 9:30—read scriptures
9:30—get ready for bed

7. Keep a time diary
For the next two days, keep track of how you spend your free time
Notice where you can “find” extra time
Make note of your physical state
Are you always tired when you do homework? Why?

8. Make Out a Weekly Schedule
For one week, write down everything (except going to the bathroom) that you plan to do during each day.

9. How to Manage DREADED TASKS
Do them in small amounts
Reward yourself often
For Example:
20 Math questions
Do 2, then play ten tries at Angry Birds. Repeat until task is down
20 pages of reading
Read 5 pages, play a game of solitaire
If I get ______ done by 9 p.m. then I can talk to ___________ for 30 minutes.