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Chapter 2

TIME MANAGEMENT


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Time Management

The act of getting things done.


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Objectives of This Chapter

Understand the concept of timemanagement

Understand the importance of a balancedlife and the choices you need to make on adaily basis

Identify your strengths and weaknesses Understand how to build upon strengths and

improve upon weaknesses


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Objectives of This Chapter

continued Understand how to effectively use a

calendar, a to-do list, and a daily plan

Understand how to use a time management

system and integrate it into your daily life

Be able to develop a study plan based on

your own time analysis


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College Success Strategies

Plot each semester on a calendar

Use each course syllabus to include test

dates, exam dates, report deadlines, etc.

The calendar becomes a useful planning

document that sets the stage for study,

research, and writing time.


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A Daily Time Analysis

Exercise 2.1 The Wheel - Daily Time

Analysis


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Successful Time Management

Identify time management problems

Develop solutions for these time

management problems

Use a time management system


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Keys to Effective

Self-Management Daily quiet or planning time

Prioritized to-do list

A time management system


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The best thing about the

future is that it only comes oneday at a time.

Abraham Lincoln


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Form Good Habits

Day-to-day choices become habits

It takes 21 days to develop a habit

Use a systematic approach each day tomake your choices

Choices, good or bad, will develop into

habits Developing the right kind of study choices

will lead to good study habits


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Weekly Time Analysis

Exercise 2.2 Weekly Time Analysis


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Identifying Time-Management

Strengths & Weaknesses Exercise 2.3 Identifying Time-Management

Strengths & Weaknesses


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Outline of a Time Planner

Personal Information Page

Annual Calendars or Reference Calendars

Monthly Calendars

Daily Planning

Daily Schedule To-Do List

A-Z Address or Contact Directory


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Monthly Planning

Figure 2.2Monthly Schedule

Record all appointments, class schedules,

work schedules, meetings, etc., here first

Week at-a-glance, month at-a-glance

Never use as a to-do list

List events or activities

List reminder notes


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If you dont plan it, it wont

happen Anonymous


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Daily Planning

Figure 2.3Daily Schedule

Daily ScheduleAll daily activities

recorded here (i.e., classes, work, study

time, lunch break, etc.)

Develop the schedule, commit to it, and

follow it


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Priorities & To-Do Lists

Figure 2.3Daily Schedule

Create the list

Analyze the list. Identify most importantitems and assign an A priority.

If you have more than one A, prioritize

your As (i.e., A1, A2, etc.) Always start with A1

Assignments Due section


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Contacts Directory

Quick name, address, phone number, email,

etc. references

Retrieval system for notes, etc.

Use a 3-ring binder for your planner and

filing system

Filing system example, Figure 2.3


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Your Study Time

Be physically and emotionally prepared

Think about peak time

Set aside a certain number of hours

Identify free time and commit to studying


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Exploring Technology


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Your Study Plan & Daily

Prioritized To-Do List Each day make a prioritized to-do list for

the next day

Include study time and specify what youneed to study

Figure 2.3


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Its All About Priorities!


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Leading Time Wasters

Friends who just show up or call

Television

Telephone

The Internet and computer games

Messy or unorganized room or work area

Procrastination


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Roadways to Effective Time

Management Work on your hardest subjects first; save

the easiest items for last.

Organize your free time into usable chunks.Five minutes here or there is of little or no

value.

Make lists, prioritize them, and followthem.


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Roadways to Effective Time

Management continued Revise your to-do list every night. Items

that were not completed one day should be

completed the next. Find a place that allows you to study

without interruption. Do not allow others tointerrupt your work.

Utilize your planner for a temporary filingsystem.

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