Transcript Time Management

Time Management
Study Time
 Students who spend more hours studying..
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Liked and stayed in college
Improved their thinking skills
Graduated with honors
Got into graduate school
 How much do you need?
– 2-3 hours outside study for every class hour
for average grades. More for high grades.
Studying is Your Job
Think of college as a Monday-Friday, 9-5 job;
show up on campus at 9 and don't leave until 5
(some students register for both early and late
classes just so that they will be forced to stay
on campus).
Use evenings and weekends for part-time jobs
and family chores.
Of course, you will also need to do some
studying during the evenings and weekends,
but do most of your studying 9 to 5.
Swiss Cheese
 Small 10 –15 minute bursts of activities
– Walking between classes
– Washing clothes
– Working out
Set Time
 Making a set period of time available for
studying certain subjects each week.
– Get paid to study
– Long drives - tapes
Study Tips
 Study in the daylight
– Natural light is more conducive to study
 Don’t study more than 2 hours straight
– 30-3-2 schedule
• 30 minutes study
• 3 minute break
• 2 minute review
 Do the homework for your most difficult course
first.
Prioritize
 Make up your to-do list before bed or first
thing in the morning
– Estimate time required for each task
 Try to do top priority things first
– Try to get them done in the morning
 Keep your priorities in focus
 Challenge yourself to finish the list that
day
Organize the Task
 Major paper in English in three weeks
– Day 1: Go to the library, survey topics
– Day 2: Narrow topics
– Day 3: Select topic
– Day 4: Construct outline
– Day 5: Write first two pages
– …….
Dealing with Distractions
 Learn to say NO
 Turn off the phone
 Hang a DO NOT DISTURB sign on your
door
Procrastination
 Ignore the task, hoping it will go away
 Underestimating the work involved or
overestimating your ability and resources
 Deceiving yourself that mediocre
performance is acceptable
 Substituting a worthy but lower-priority
nonacademic activity
Procrastination
 Believing that repeated “minor” delays
won’t hurt you
 Dramatizing a commitment rather than
doing it
 Persevering on only part of the task
 Becoming paralyzed when you have to
choose between two alternatives
Confronting your Excuses
 I'm not in the mood
right now.
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I'm just lazy.
 Mood doesn't do my
work, actions do. If I
wait for the right
mood, I may never
get it done.
 Labeling myself as lazy
only brings me down.
My work is really
separate from who I am
as a person. Getting
started is the key to
finishing.
Tackling Procrastination
 Set a deadline and put it on your calendar
 Become better organized
 Make a game of it
 Tell Everyone
 Divide the task into smaller jobs
– Set subgoals
 Build in a reward for yourself