Computer Science Assignment - Assignment4 Relationship between Money and Time with Virtualization Technology

7.3 Managing your time 159

Time Activity Effectiveness Comments/ Improvements

7.00–8.00 Get ready for

university

50% Could probably do

this in 30 minutes

but I’m always tired

8.00–8.30 Walk to campus 80% Could get the bus

but I need the

exercise

8.30–9.00 Meet friends in

canteen

10% Need to socialise

9.00–10.00 Lecture 70% Quite good today!

10.00–10.15 Coffee break 10% I need a break

10.15–12.00 Tutorial/seminar 50% Could have

done this in half

the time

12.00–1.30 Lunch – students’

union

20% Far too long but I

need to eat

1.30–2.00 Library hunting for

books

40% Couldn’t use the

computer

2.00–2.30 Meeting with project

supervisor

80% Useful

2.30–3.00 Coffee with friends 20% I need to socialise

3.00–4.00 Library hunting for

books

20% Not finding what I

wanted and getting

distracted

4.00–4.30 30 minutes on

assignment

30% Wasted time getting

started – should

spend longer

on this

4.30–5.00 Walk home 80% As before

5.00–5.30 Have a coffee 0% No comment

5.30–6.00 Watch TV 0% No comment

6.00–7.00 Get tea 50% I need to eat

7.00–8.00 Work on assignment 90% Get a lot done

8.00–11.00 Go to pub 40% I need to socialise

but should have

done more work

first

11.00–1.00 Work on project then

go to bed

50% Too tired to achieve

much – must tackle

this kind of thing

earlier in the day

Table 7.2 A ‘typical’ student’s daily time log

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