Transcript Title Time Management - Oregon State University

Time is running out!
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168 hours/week
16 hours spent in classes
6 hours at church/activities
2 hours of volunteering
50 hours sleeping
7 hours eating
4 hours personal care
2 hours doing laundry
20 hours doing homework
1-15 hours being an RA
= 46 hours left in the week…
Importance of Time
Management
 Testimonies
 Consequences of not managing your time:
 Makes you look less reliable
 People can’t trust someone who doesn’t get things done on time
 Ineffective time management adds stress
 Constant worry about assignments
 No time to relax
 Academic consequences
 Fail a class or classes
 Academic warning
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When your cumulative GPA drops below 2.0
If your next term isn’t above 2.0 you drop to academic probation
The next step is SUSPENSION!!!
Overcoming a “barrier”
SMART Goals
Procrastination - putting things off
Specific
make the goal concrete and clear
Distractions
- how
things
that success
takein you
away
Measurable decide
you will measure
reaching
the goal
from
your planned
work oruseactivities
Achievable
keep goals reasonable,
milestones
Realistic
consider other factors that may effect the goal
Time-bound make yourself accountable for a specific date
The POWER Model
Prepare
Organize
Work
Evaluate
Rethink
set SMART goals
keep a calendar to know where you are
work on establishing boundaries for your time
review how you're spending your time
explore better and better ways of managing your
time – identify change
1. Change your thinking
Identify issue or roadblock
Recognize your own patterns
Develop a mantra
See success you’ve already accomplished
2. Make things easier for yourself
Plan a time to get started on it
Plan time for fun breaks
Minimize distractions
3. Just get started
Start easy or start hard?
Just start with 10 minutes
Play pretend
4. Create rewards and generate
accountability
Find a partner
Create a support system
Establish rewards system
Create competition
Ways to Prioritize
 Step 1 – Make a List
 Step 2 – Determine Most Important Tasks
 What needs to be completed first?
 What can wait till later? ( 24 hrs? 48 hrs? Weekend?)
 Step 3 – Complete and Repeat
YOU CAN MAKE MUTIPLE LISTS DEPENDING ON
THE SCALE OF THE TASKS
Resources at OSU
 In Hall Tutors
 These tutors come to the hall every week and are an under
used resource for academic success!
 Resident Assistants
 We are students too and we have some helpful tips/tools
 Part of our job is to help promote an academic environment
 Academic Success Center
 Academic Coaches
 Study Tables
 ALS 114, 116 (academic success classes)