1. Managing Your Time: Principles & Insights
Presented by the Academic Advising Center

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3. Managing Your Time: Does Life Feel Like This Sometimes?

4. Today’s Workshop Goals
Identifying procrastination
Learning how to evaluate your time and prioritize tasks
Making a plan
Utilizing self-motivation

5. Procrastination Survey
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6. Procrastination Identify the pattern
What tasks have I previously put off?
What tasks am I currently putting off?
Are there certain types of tasks I avoid doing until the last minute?
Why these tasks and not others?

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Evaluate your time

8. So much to do, so little time!
Prioritize by categorizing
Urgency: how time-sensitive is the task?
Importance: the task’s value to you

9. Urgent/Important Matrix
NOT URGENT
IMPORTANT
Urgent & Important
Not Urgent & Important
NOT IMPORTANT
Urgent & Not Important
Not Urgent & Not Important

10. Time Management Urgent Important Crisis or pressing problem
These tasks usually get our attention – but if most of your day is spent here, it can be stressful!
Crisis or pressing problem
Overflowing toilet
Impending deadline
Paper due on Friday
Exam tomorrow
Important

11. Spend as little time on these tasks as possible.
Time Management
Spend as little time on these tasks as possible.
Not Urgent
Binge watching bad TV
Time-fillers
Surfing the internet
Endlessly scrolling through social media
Not Important

12. Time Management Urgent Not Important Most interruptions Phone call
These tasks are time-sensitive, but aren’t necessary.
If you find you’re not getting enough done, you may be spending too much time here.
Urgent
Most interruptions
Phone call
Knock on the door
Many popular activities
Responding to texts
Not Important

13. Time Management Not Urgent Important Planning and preparation
At the end of the day, time spent here is the most gratifying.
These tasks tend
to become urgent
if you procrastinate.
Planning and preparation
Research for a paper due in a month
Study for finals at end of semester
True recreation/relaxation
Exercise
Dinner with friends
Phone call w/family
Important

14. Not Urgent & Not Important
Prioritizing
URGENT
NOT URGENT
IMPORTANT
Urgent & Important
Not Urgent & Important
NOT IMPORTANT
Urgent & Not Important
Not Urgent & Not Important

15. Making a plan

16. Time Management Tools Daily planner Calendar To-do lists
Weekly
Monthly
Semester
To-do lists
Bullet journal
Apps
30/30
Remember the Milk
Any.do
Timeful

17. What are my time draws? Class times
Other mandatory attendance programs
Tutoring programs, extra help sessions
Anything that requires some of your time
Volunteering, internships, jobs
Clubs, sports, extracurricular activities
Meals
Chores
Sleep

18. Where are my free blocks of time?
Identify time slots that are not taken by mandatory time draws.
Differentiate between free time and study time.
Be sure to allow 3 hours per credit for each class!
15 credits adds up to 45 hours of study time per week

19. Weekly Schedule

20. Semester Schedule

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Motivation

22. Motivation: what we’ve covered
Build a routine and stick to it
Categorize and prioritize tasks
Make a plan for major assignments
Avoid distractions; don’t multi-task
Take breaks; keep yourself healthy

23. Motivation: additional advice
Reflect on what motivates you
Attach meaning to your assignments
Consider the skills you’re developing
Set reasonable expectations
Recognize that college builds discipline and self-motivation
Reward yourself

24. Final Tips Have fun! Ask your peers what works for them
Experiment and find a way that works for you
Break time-consuming tasks into smaller chunks
Take the time you need to do a quality job
Have fun!

25. Beyond the Daily Planner
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26. Peer Success Coaching Coaches can help you with: Interested?
Time Management
Self-advocacy
Goal setting
Communicating with professors
Acclimation to IC
Connection to campus resources
Accountability
Study strategies
Getting involved on campus
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28. References
Covey, Stephen. (accessed February 2011). The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People. Retrieved from .
Hazard, Laurie, “Psychology of Procrastination”, The Academic Center for Excellence, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI.
Sanger Learning & Career Center, The University of Texas at Austin. (accessed February 2011). Setting Priorities: how to get the most out of your time. Retrieved from
Pittsburgh State, Don’t put this workshop off until tomorrow. First Year Programs, Academic Success Workshop Series. Retrieved from