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MidWeek 10 Seminar SeriesFirst Year Success

Time Management Tips

Create a Semester Calendar

Utilize your syllabus for each class and write down your

important due dates, deadlines, and exams.

Pencil in commitments, appointments, personal

projects, etc.

Review your semester calendar at least once a

week.

Resolve time conflicts immediately!

If you think you are going to miss a class due to an

appointment talk to your professor to ensure you do

not fall behind.

Create a To-Do ListRefer to your semester calendar as a starting point.

Create a realistic list. Recognize your limitations so you don’t go to bed feeling as if you didn’t get

anything accomplished.

Break larger tasks into smaller chunks.

Cross off as you go. It is important to see that you have completed what you set out to do.

Doing this will keep stress at bay.

Beware of common time zappers!

Turn off the phone, tv, computers, etc. Every little beep, ping, or ring will

distract you from the task and, ultimately it will take you longer to finish

the work.

Tomorrow won’t be better. It will be the same task. It won’t be any more fun and still won’t want

to do it.

It only gets worse. Now not only do you have to write that dreaded paper, you have to

do it under the influence of your fight-or-flight hormones.

Ideas need time to jell. When you throw together a paper or report at the last minute, your

ideas are half-baked. And your professors will know it.

Managing Your Time

Think of time as money- it needs to be managed. We have

168 hours in a week- no more, no less. How you decide to spend this

valued commodity is up to you, but use it wisely so you won’t feel

regretful about wasting it.

Time & Organization

Develop a good filing system. Organization is a skill, a value, and a

challenge.

Take a time out. Take deep breaths. Be kind

to yourself. If you manage your time effectively you will

have more free time.

Black Holes of Time Management

Keep a log for a week and see where these black holes exist in your daily life.

• Phone Interruptions• Drop-In Visitors• Email/text Interruptions• Hobbies• Inability to say “no” to outside school requests• Socializing• Errands and Shopping• Perfectionism• Family Commitments/Appointments• Looking for Misplaced Items• Redoing Mistakes• Jumping from Task to Task• Surfing the Web• Reading Newspapers, Magazines, Recreational

Books• Waiting For Public Transportation

Compartmentalize these areas into categories:

-Big Problem For Me-Often a Problem

-Seldom a Problem-Controllable

-Uncontrollable

Do you see any patterns? Are there areas that seem uncontrollable at first, but can actually be controlled?

Fun Self TestsHow Good is Your Time Management?http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_88.htm

Time/Self Management Testhttp://www.workingresources.com/timeselfmanagementsurvey/

Study Tipshttp://www.how-to-study.com/

**Remember to cut yourself a little slack as this is your freshman year of college and things are different then they were in high school.

Remember that you are not alone in this! You have advisors, counselors, professors and peers who are here to help!

If you need anything, please do not hesitate to contact the FYS Academic Advisor!