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Chapter 2
Making the Most of Your Time
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Time for Success – Prepare 1
Time management allows more time to do the things we want to do.
Create a time log to show where your day is going.
Include your interruptions.
Be specific.
You may be surprised where your time is going!
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Identify the “Black Holes” that eat up your time.
Phone calls and emails.
Hobbies.
Family obligations.
Set your priorities.
What are the tasks and activities you need and want to do?
Determine what your priorities are for this college term.
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Identify your prime time:
Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Schedule your priorities accordingly.
Don’t be a slave to your internal time clock. Look for other productive times during your day.
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Time for Success – Organize 1
A master calendar:
It should show all the weeks of the term on one page.
Include assignments and activities from your personal life.
Schedule days off for free time.
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Time for Success – Organize 2
A weekly timetable:
It should include all the days of the week at the top, and the hours on the side.
Include class and work times, as well as family activities and appointments.
Schedule study time.
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A portable daily to-do list:
Include things you must do – scheduled events.
Add things you should do – studying, etc.
Finally, add other, lower priority things.
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Time for Success – Work 1
Control your time:
Manage surprises.
Just say no or find compromises.
You don’t have to agree to every request.
Find ways to help others without compromising your time.
Get away from it all:
Library.
Coffee shop.
Unused classroom.
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Time for Success – Work 2
Try silence.
More effective to have total silence than background noise.
Take an e-break.
Silence the phone, turn off the computer.
Errands, such as grocery shopping, can be accomplished more quickly online or over the phone.
Anticipate surprises.
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Time for Success – Work 3
Combat procrastination:
Break large tasks into small ones.
Start with the simple tasks and then go to harder tasks.
Work with others.
Remind yourself what it costs to procrastinate.
Just begin!
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Balance school and family demands:
Organize child activities to complement your study time.
Prioritize spending time with your family.
Enlist the help of your family.
Find the best childcare you can.
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Time for Success – Work 5
Balance school and work demands:
Make to-do lists for school and work.
Use downtime on the job to study, if allowed.
Find out if flextime is a possibility.
Accept new responsibilities carefully.
Always keep in mind why you’re working.
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Time for Success – Evaluate
Did you accomplish everything on your to-do list?
Checking off completed items provides concrete reinforcement of what you have completed.
You may not accomplish everything on your to-do list, but always congratulate yourself for the things you have completed.
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Time for Success – Rethink
Rethink where you are:
Do you need to prioritize differently?
Do you need to be more realistic with your time?
Reconsider your own personal time management style.
Be consistent with what method you use.
Plan for more or less depending on what you’ve been able to finish.
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