Showing posts with label Time Management for Student. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Time Management for Student. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Make Time Management Effective
Managing time for college students is such a tough thing to do. College life is full of challenges and burdens that should be dealt with properly and systematically. There are many things college students must accomplish for them to reach their dreams.
Every college student should balance all the aspects of his or her life. It is important to give attention to these aspects of living for if not, the equilibrium of living will change.
Every college student should balance his or her academic and social life. Proper time management is necessary in order to perform all the responsibilities and tasks that are in their shoulders.
Practicing proper time management is difficult and it entails a lot of adjustments and preparations. It is along process.
However, with advices and tips on how to make it effective, surely, it would be easy to realize. The following are some advices and tips on how to make time management effective and proper.
• One of the most important aspects of time management is goal setting. Goal setting is one of the keys to success. In here, you should determine the things that you really want to accomplish.
These are the things that you want to accomplish for short period and long period of time like things you want to be done in a day, a week, a month or months, semester or even for years.
In setting goal, it should be remembered that set only those that are realistic and achievable. Do not set goals that are impossible to realize. This will only make you frustrated.
• Organization is equal to the importance of setting goal in making time management effective. When you are organized, it ensures and helps you achieve the goals you have set in a timely manner.
Through proper organization of tasks, you are informed constantly about the things, which need to be accomplished, and when they should be done. One way of organization is by making calendar. Make calendars that maybe of daily, weekly or monthly basis.
This calendar should include classes, study time, club meetings, social events, and many other things and activities that should be accomplished and should be done to make the calendar more effective, you should include assignment due dates so missing a deadline will be impossible.
You should always follow the calendar you have with you. This will help you develop a routine in regular basis and you are learning how to manage time properly.
• Prioritization is also an important thing in time management. It is important to prioritize the tasks and the things that you need to accomplish.
Prioritization entails figuring it out if what among the tasks are the most important and the least important and what tasks should be done first and what should be done later. It necessary to stay focused on the tasks and things that are most important.
It is also important to accomplish one fist before moving to the next ones. Doing things and tasks together at one point in time might be more of a burden for you. This kind of tasking will frustrate and make you feel tired and lazy.
• Avoid procrastination. The main downfall in trying to achieve effective time management is procrastination. Procrastination is putting off the things that you should be doing or accomplishing now.
The reasons for procrastination is the lack of clear goals, underestimating the difficulty of the tasks, underestimating the time required to complete the tasks, unclear standards for the task outcomes, feeling as the tasks are imposed on you from outside, and having indefinite tasks.
This should be avoided in order for you to mange time properly. You can avoid procrastination by setting predetermined goals and by prioritizing them.
• Utilization of spare minutes is a big thing in effective time management. Spare minutes should be utilized in things that are worthy and useful.
Do not waste even single minute. For example if you are waiting for your professor for not arriving at time, instead of waiting and doing nothing, consider reading assignments from other classes and begin thinking about the topic for other subjects.
When you accomplish small tasks with your spare time, you will notice that you have extra time to complete the large tasks when you actually start on them.
Following advices and tips on how to make time management effective and proper is quite tough, but dedication is present, nothing is impossible.
How To Teach Students On Time Management
When you were a child, you never give importance to time. You were idle
most of the time, reclining in bed, watch TV programs for so many
hours, and sometimes amuse yourself with video games. As you become
older, you will be remembering the things that you have accomplished.
And you realized that you have not really achieved anything worthwhile.
One of our most priceless resources is Time. It is something that you can no longer reclaim, once you lost it. You should make use of your time intelligently. The reason is for your growth and improvement as a person. You always take a look for the wonderful memories and actions, which you have fulfilled. Remember that a well spent time is more precious than gold. Hence, the need for time management.
Do you consider time management a basic concern for your students? What are some of the obstacles which them to finish their assignments from school? Time management is indeed a problem for students.
Usually, it is due to their hectic schedules and social obligations from their peers. There are still very few people who could master this skill of time management. However, it a general need for everyone especially if you are aspiring to achieve something in school, work and other personal endeavors.
Students are supposed to manage their schedule properly. They are expected to attend their classes, perform their homework at home. Students should not postpone and entertain some distractions and interruptions. Otherwise, they will not be able to accomplish their academic obligations. Most of the time, these are difficult to fulfill them.
However, do not feel bad about it. It is not the end of everything. You are not alone in this situation. Don’t you know that majority of adults have the same problems on how to manage their time? There is still room for improvement. What is necessary now is to reevaluate how you have been coming up with your daily activities and to modify them.
The students cannot do it alone. There is a need for somebody to teach and guide them. Based from the regular class schedule, there are some activities for time management, which are integrated to the subject itself. One example is the “beat the clock lessons.” We have the lesson called “time monsters”
The students will work in teams for two minutes so as to see in their lives the time monsters (time wasters) in a sheet of paper. Aside from that, they will learn the acronym “CHOICE”.
· Compare all your activities you would like to achieve
· How you will be affected by your choice later on.
· Order all your priorities in life.
· Inscribe in your planner your desired schedule.
· Carry out whatever desired plan you have formulated.
· Enjoy every moment of your life as you manage your time.
There are some questions for discussion, like for example, the meaning of the word “procrastination” Some tips for time management are also provided according to whatever category you belong.
We have several essential principles of Time Management wherein students can use.
· List down all the things you are supposed to do everyday.
· You should know what is the most conducive time for you to study.
· The difficult subjects must be studied first.
· Make use of your spare time.
· There should be proper distribution of learning and practice.
· The surroundings must be favorable for studying.
· Do not be afraid to say no to somebody if it affects your schedule.
· You should combine some activities so as to save time.
· Allot some time for relaxation and entertainment.
· You should have the required number of hours for sleeping and eat your food properly.
· You should know your body clock so as to identify the best time for you to work.
· Make it a habit to review your notes daily.
· You should inform your friends about your schedule in order to avoid distractions.
· Always be a taskmaster as you schedule your activities properly.
· Do not waste your time by worrying about something that you are expected to be doing, just do it.
· You should always keep things in their proper perspective.
· You can entrust a responsibility when it is proper.
· Relax and be calm always
· Avoid being a perfectionist.
· You are supposed to question everything that is included in your schedule.
· Be a fast reader and be selective with what you read.
· Make use of a calendar.
One of our most priceless resources is Time. It is something that you can no longer reclaim, once you lost it. You should make use of your time intelligently. The reason is for your growth and improvement as a person. You always take a look for the wonderful memories and actions, which you have fulfilled. Remember that a well spent time is more precious than gold. Hence, the need for time management.
Do you consider time management a basic concern for your students? What are some of the obstacles which them to finish their assignments from school? Time management is indeed a problem for students.
Usually, it is due to their hectic schedules and social obligations from their peers. There are still very few people who could master this skill of time management. However, it a general need for everyone especially if you are aspiring to achieve something in school, work and other personal endeavors.
Students are supposed to manage their schedule properly. They are expected to attend their classes, perform their homework at home. Students should not postpone and entertain some distractions and interruptions. Otherwise, they will not be able to accomplish their academic obligations. Most of the time, these are difficult to fulfill them.
However, do not feel bad about it. It is not the end of everything. You are not alone in this situation. Don’t you know that majority of adults have the same problems on how to manage their time? There is still room for improvement. What is necessary now is to reevaluate how you have been coming up with your daily activities and to modify them.
The students cannot do it alone. There is a need for somebody to teach and guide them. Based from the regular class schedule, there are some activities for time management, which are integrated to the subject itself. One example is the “beat the clock lessons.” We have the lesson called “time monsters”
The students will work in teams for two minutes so as to see in their lives the time monsters (time wasters) in a sheet of paper. Aside from that, they will learn the acronym “CHOICE”.
· Compare all your activities you would like to achieve
· How you will be affected by your choice later on.
· Order all your priorities in life.
· Inscribe in your planner your desired schedule.
· Carry out whatever desired plan you have formulated.
· Enjoy every moment of your life as you manage your time.
There are some questions for discussion, like for example, the meaning of the word “procrastination” Some tips for time management are also provided according to whatever category you belong.
We have several essential principles of Time Management wherein students can use.
· List down all the things you are supposed to do everyday.
· You should know what is the most conducive time for you to study.
· The difficult subjects must be studied first.
· Make use of your spare time.
· There should be proper distribution of learning and practice.
· The surroundings must be favorable for studying.
· Do not be afraid to say no to somebody if it affects your schedule.
· You should combine some activities so as to save time.
· Allot some time for relaxation and entertainment.
· You should have the required number of hours for sleeping and eat your food properly.
· You should know your body clock so as to identify the best time for you to work.
· Make it a habit to review your notes daily.
· You should inform your friends about your schedule in order to avoid distractions.
· Always be a taskmaster as you schedule your activities properly.
· Do not waste your time by worrying about something that you are expected to be doing, just do it.
· You should always keep things in their proper perspective.
· You can entrust a responsibility when it is proper.
· Relax and be calm always
· Avoid being a perfectionist.
· You are supposed to question everything that is included in your schedule.
· Be a fast reader and be selective with what you read.
· Make use of a calendar.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Important Things to Remember with Time Management for College Students
To all college students, one of the main differences of high school
students from them is the eagerness to successfully handle their own
time. If you start educating yourself with time management, you have a
great advantage over other college students.
Parents are not always there to discipline you about being on time and the responsibilities of keeping a schedule. They are not at all times available to scold when you are about to go to school late.
Remember, college students are not locked up in a room (detention, remember?) when they are late in class. Actually, there are professors who do not even notice if you are present on their class or not.
There are many social events that are happening in college that students do to fill up their calendar making them sometimes forget their academic responsibilities. This is a period in our lives that we can live as adults but sometimes forget to remember that adults have responsibilities to think about.
Obviously, your fresh liberty can be very costly, with failing marks and running expensive college costs keeping you from achieving your ambitions.
Time management for college students is what you need. It is one of the most important moves in a successful preparation to lead a better existence after college. It is necessary to organize one’s time properly and the only plan is not to be an incompetent and a perplexed person while in college.
Time management is not only necessary just to create a good name at a future job, but it is as well a requirement for a disciplined and orderly future.
The answer to successful time management is by being able to become your self’s supervisor. Instead of being dependent on your professors and parents, you have to become independent from now on.
One of the main obstructions to time management is deciding to delay or postpone important things for trivial matters. But, the simplest means to prevent delay is to being able to determine what you want and what you want to accomplish each day.
• Keep your lasting objectives within your reach.
Make a plan to reach your objectives. You know where you are. You think of the possible ways that you can use to take you to your destination.
• List all the things that you know
Use a timetable to record your class schedules, social activities, and pastimes. When a future event is postponed or is reset for the next month, put it in a blank space in your timetable.
• Decide the things you want to do tomorrow before the day ends.
You can use a to-do record for your everyday activities. Set the planned activities into their proper time and consider the rest of record.
• Make your plan work
Sometimes, it is simpler to finish a work and directly deal with what we believe is a disruption. Still, there are times disruption progresses into rich clients. Follow your plan. If some things require your consideration, put it into your timetable or if you think it is an emergency and needs urgent attention, ensure you reschedule your present task.
• Do the things that seems to be difficult for you
Once the difficult task is done, the rest of your task will seem easier for you. But, if the difficult task is the one that stops you from starting, then begin with something simpler to encourage yourself that you can do it afterwards.
• Break things down to the unreasonable
Separating big homework into tiny parts will make it simpler to include them into your timetable. Also, you can pick your achievements as you complete each stage. It is more pleasing to think about what you have finished successfully than it is to worry over the things left for you to finish.
• Rules were made to be changed
Give yourself time to become flexible. Allow yourself to deal with disruptions in your timetable. Also, designate time to do the task, make some time to enjoy yourself as well. Plan for leisure activities and think of them as essential ingredients of your day it can provide you with something to work on and study seriously and with priorities.
• Keep in mind, tomorrow is always there to welcome you
Like other skills and abilities, it takes time to know how to correctly handle your time. Even the most proficient in time management has days when they do not properly meet their scheduled plans.
If you have failed once, it is not a reason for you to give up on time management. What you can do is to collect the pieces and begin a new schedule the following day.
Check your timetable at the end of the week to know the things that work for you and did not work.
Just make sure to follow your timetable always to have a great time management in each day of your college life.
Parents are not always there to discipline you about being on time and the responsibilities of keeping a schedule. They are not at all times available to scold when you are about to go to school late.
Remember, college students are not locked up in a room (detention, remember?) when they are late in class. Actually, there are professors who do not even notice if you are present on their class or not.
There are many social events that are happening in college that students do to fill up their calendar making them sometimes forget their academic responsibilities. This is a period in our lives that we can live as adults but sometimes forget to remember that adults have responsibilities to think about.
Obviously, your fresh liberty can be very costly, with failing marks and running expensive college costs keeping you from achieving your ambitions.
Time management for college students is what you need. It is one of the most important moves in a successful preparation to lead a better existence after college. It is necessary to organize one’s time properly and the only plan is not to be an incompetent and a perplexed person while in college.
Time management is not only necessary just to create a good name at a future job, but it is as well a requirement for a disciplined and orderly future.
The answer to successful time management is by being able to become your self’s supervisor. Instead of being dependent on your professors and parents, you have to become independent from now on.
One of the main obstructions to time management is deciding to delay or postpone important things for trivial matters. But, the simplest means to prevent delay is to being able to determine what you want and what you want to accomplish each day.
• Keep your lasting objectives within your reach.
Make a plan to reach your objectives. You know where you are. You think of the possible ways that you can use to take you to your destination.
• List all the things that you know
Use a timetable to record your class schedules, social activities, and pastimes. When a future event is postponed or is reset for the next month, put it in a blank space in your timetable.
• Decide the things you want to do tomorrow before the day ends.
You can use a to-do record for your everyday activities. Set the planned activities into their proper time and consider the rest of record.
• Make your plan work
Sometimes, it is simpler to finish a work and directly deal with what we believe is a disruption. Still, there are times disruption progresses into rich clients. Follow your plan. If some things require your consideration, put it into your timetable or if you think it is an emergency and needs urgent attention, ensure you reschedule your present task.
• Do the things that seems to be difficult for you
Once the difficult task is done, the rest of your task will seem easier for you. But, if the difficult task is the one that stops you from starting, then begin with something simpler to encourage yourself that you can do it afterwards.
• Break things down to the unreasonable
Separating big homework into tiny parts will make it simpler to include them into your timetable. Also, you can pick your achievements as you complete each stage. It is more pleasing to think about what you have finished successfully than it is to worry over the things left for you to finish.
• Rules were made to be changed
Give yourself time to become flexible. Allow yourself to deal with disruptions in your timetable. Also, designate time to do the task, make some time to enjoy yourself as well. Plan for leisure activities and think of them as essential ingredients of your day it can provide you with something to work on and study seriously and with priorities.
• Keep in mind, tomorrow is always there to welcome you
Like other skills and abilities, it takes time to know how to correctly handle your time. Even the most proficient in time management has days when they do not properly meet their scheduled plans.
If you have failed once, it is not a reason for you to give up on time management. What you can do is to collect the pieces and begin a new schedule the following day.
Check your timetable at the end of the week to know the things that work for you and did not work.
Just make sure to follow your timetable always to have a great time management in each day of your college life.
How to Create Time Management Effective
Managing time for college students is such a tough thing to do. College
life is full of challenges and burdens that should be dealt with
properly and systematically. There are many things college students must
accomplish for them to reach their dreams.
Every college student should balance all the aspects of his or her life. It is important to give attention to these aspects of living for if not, the equilibrium of living will change.
Every college student should balance his or her academic and social life. Proper time management is necessary in order to perform all the responsibilities and tasks that are in their shoulders.
Practicing proper time management is difficult and it entails a lot of adjustments and preparations. It is along process.
However, with advices and tips on how to make it effective, surely, it would be easy to realize. The following are some advices and tips on how to make time management effective and proper.
• One of the most important aspects of time management is goal setting. Goal setting is one of the keys to success. In here, you should determine the things that you really want to accomplish.
These are the things that you want to accomplish for short period and long period of time like things you want to be done in a day, a week, a month or months, semester or even for years.
In setting goal, it should be remembered that set only those that are realistic and achievable. Do not set goals that are impossible to realize. This will only make you frustrated.
• Organization is equal to the importance of setting goal in making time management effective. When you are organized, it ensures and helps you achieve the goals you have set in a timely manner.
Through proper organization of tasks, you are informed constantly about the things, which need to be accomplished, and when they should be done. One way of organization is by making calendar. Make calendars that maybe of daily, weekly or monthly basis.
This calendar should include classes, study time, club meetings, social events, and many other things and activities that should be accomplished and should be done to make the calendar more effective, you should include assignment due dates so missing a deadline will be impossible.
You should always follow the calendar you have with you. This will help you develop a routine in regular basis and you are learning how to manage time properly.
• Prioritization is also an important thing in time management. It is important to prioritize the tasks and the things that you need to accomplish.
Prioritization entails figuring it out if what among the tasks are the most important and the least important and what tasks should be done first and what should be done later. It necessary to stay focused on the tasks and things that are most important.
It is also important to accomplish one fist before moving to the next ones. Doing things and tasks together at one point in time might be more of a burden for you. This kind of tasking will frustrate and make you feel tired and lazy.
• Avoid procrastination. The main downfall in trying to achieve effective time management is procrastination. Procrastination is putting off the things that you should be doing or accomplishing now.
The reasons for procrastination is the lack of clear goals, underestimating the difficulty of the tasks, underestimating the time required to complete the tasks, unclear standards for the task outcomes, feeling as the tasks are imposed on you from outside, and having indefinite tasks.
This should be avoided in order for you to mange time properly. You can avoid procrastination by setting predetermined goals and by prioritizing them.
• Utilization of spare minutes is a big thing in effective time management. Spare minutes should be utilized in things that are worthy and useful.
Do not waste even single minute. For example if you are waiting for your professor for not arriving at time, instead of waiting and doing nothing, consider reading assignments from other classes and begin thinking about the topic for other subjects.
When you accomplish small tasks with your spare time, you will notice that you have extra time to complete the large tasks when you actually start on them.
Following advices and tips on how to make time management effective and proper is quite tough, but dedication is present, nothing is impossible.
Every college student should balance all the aspects of his or her life. It is important to give attention to these aspects of living for if not, the equilibrium of living will change.
Every college student should balance his or her academic and social life. Proper time management is necessary in order to perform all the responsibilities and tasks that are in their shoulders.
Practicing proper time management is difficult and it entails a lot of adjustments and preparations. It is along process.
However, with advices and tips on how to make it effective, surely, it would be easy to realize. The following are some advices and tips on how to make time management effective and proper.
• One of the most important aspects of time management is goal setting. Goal setting is one of the keys to success. In here, you should determine the things that you really want to accomplish.
These are the things that you want to accomplish for short period and long period of time like things you want to be done in a day, a week, a month or months, semester or even for years.
In setting goal, it should be remembered that set only those that are realistic and achievable. Do not set goals that are impossible to realize. This will only make you frustrated.
• Organization is equal to the importance of setting goal in making time management effective. When you are organized, it ensures and helps you achieve the goals you have set in a timely manner.
Through proper organization of tasks, you are informed constantly about the things, which need to be accomplished, and when they should be done. One way of organization is by making calendar. Make calendars that maybe of daily, weekly or monthly basis.
This calendar should include classes, study time, club meetings, social events, and many other things and activities that should be accomplished and should be done to make the calendar more effective, you should include assignment due dates so missing a deadline will be impossible.
You should always follow the calendar you have with you. This will help you develop a routine in regular basis and you are learning how to manage time properly.
• Prioritization is also an important thing in time management. It is important to prioritize the tasks and the things that you need to accomplish.
Prioritization entails figuring it out if what among the tasks are the most important and the least important and what tasks should be done first and what should be done later. It necessary to stay focused on the tasks and things that are most important.
It is also important to accomplish one fist before moving to the next ones. Doing things and tasks together at one point in time might be more of a burden for you. This kind of tasking will frustrate and make you feel tired and lazy.
• Avoid procrastination. The main downfall in trying to achieve effective time management is procrastination. Procrastination is putting off the things that you should be doing or accomplishing now.
The reasons for procrastination is the lack of clear goals, underestimating the difficulty of the tasks, underestimating the time required to complete the tasks, unclear standards for the task outcomes, feeling as the tasks are imposed on you from outside, and having indefinite tasks.
This should be avoided in order for you to mange time properly. You can avoid procrastination by setting predetermined goals and by prioritizing them.
• Utilization of spare minutes is a big thing in effective time management. Spare minutes should be utilized in things that are worthy and useful.
Do not waste even single minute. For example if you are waiting for your professor for not arriving at time, instead of waiting and doing nothing, consider reading assignments from other classes and begin thinking about the topic for other subjects.
When you accomplish small tasks with your spare time, you will notice that you have extra time to complete the large tasks when you actually start on them.
Following advices and tips on how to make time management effective and proper is quite tough, but dedication is present, nothing is impossible.
Seven Important Time Management Activities for High School Students
Creating a time management is kind of like just the same as setting a
budget. Just as the aim of a budget is to place an organization on your
money, your aim in time management is to recover the management of your
time.
In schools, you are requested to do more tasks, frequently by different teachers or supervisors who do not care about the other tasks that you are doing. It only depends to you on how you will manage all your works in order for you to finish them on the time provided to you.
Perhaps, you would also want to some time to enjoy your being youth and lead a fulfilling and complete life.
Here are some tips in which you can use in order for you to beat all of your deadlines and have a systematized and well managed time table.
1. For the next week, have a printed record of all your activities. Put in your record the time you will appropriate for each activity, what are the types of activity that you should do and how long you usually take to get them done. Arrange all these data in any manner you desire, but ensure you put all of your available time to be budgeted. You should also make sure to put in your record the time when you are not busy or doing anything.
2. Study how you will organize your time. Then, try to think of the following:
• What have you observed it?
• Have you completed all the task given to you before or on the deadlines. For instance, have you already finished your homework?
• Were you able to attend other things that you like aside from your obligations at school?
• Were you able to do all your duties at home?
• Do you still have time for your friends?
• What are the things that you like to do but have no time at all to do it?
Once, you have answered the above questions, try to think of the ways on how you can make your time management more effective.
3. Try to look for more information on the internet. There are many search engines that can help you improve your time organization.
4. Select or plan your own table to utilize to put a schedule for yourself for the whole week. Be sure that you spare some time for leisure and work. Be sensible in your anticipations. Try your schedule for one whole week, have a precise documentation of each activity.
5. Let your classmates know about your timetable. If they too have a timetable, evaluate the differences of your table if possible. Try to know the good sides of each table and know how the schedules work.
6. Change is the only thing in a person’s life that is permanent. What you used to do during your spare time may not be the same thing that you will do in six months or a year from now. If you have a winter game that you are joining in, you know that when the winter ends, your schedule will definitely change.
If you are engaged in a school activity or any theatrical presentation, it is expected that you will be busier before the performance date than you are at the start of the rehearsals.
Take a look at the big picture before doing anything else. What do you think will your schedule for the following year look like? Choose the dates on that schedule and conjure a calendar that you can follow.
7. Make a timetable for the next five weeks. Make sure to put any alterations you expect due to your leisure activities and other events that have seasons and peak times. Utilize the schedule and be ready to do remarks on it when the five weeks is over.
How was it? Do not be negative in going back and ensure that the resources are scheduled or look beyond for other resources.
For high school students, it is always expected that they will have a busy time for studies and for playtime. However, no matter how hectic the schedule may be, it is still important that one have an appropriate time management in order to have a direction.
In schools, you are requested to do more tasks, frequently by different teachers or supervisors who do not care about the other tasks that you are doing. It only depends to you on how you will manage all your works in order for you to finish them on the time provided to you.
Perhaps, you would also want to some time to enjoy your being youth and lead a fulfilling and complete life.
Here are some tips in which you can use in order for you to beat all of your deadlines and have a systematized and well managed time table.
1. For the next week, have a printed record of all your activities. Put in your record the time you will appropriate for each activity, what are the types of activity that you should do and how long you usually take to get them done. Arrange all these data in any manner you desire, but ensure you put all of your available time to be budgeted. You should also make sure to put in your record the time when you are not busy or doing anything.
2. Study how you will organize your time. Then, try to think of the following:
• What have you observed it?
• Have you completed all the task given to you before or on the deadlines. For instance, have you already finished your homework?
• Were you able to attend other things that you like aside from your obligations at school?
• Were you able to do all your duties at home?
• Do you still have time for your friends?
• What are the things that you like to do but have no time at all to do it?
Once, you have answered the above questions, try to think of the ways on how you can make your time management more effective.
3. Try to look for more information on the internet. There are many search engines that can help you improve your time organization.
4. Select or plan your own table to utilize to put a schedule for yourself for the whole week. Be sure that you spare some time for leisure and work. Be sensible in your anticipations. Try your schedule for one whole week, have a precise documentation of each activity.
5. Let your classmates know about your timetable. If they too have a timetable, evaluate the differences of your table if possible. Try to know the good sides of each table and know how the schedules work.
6. Change is the only thing in a person’s life that is permanent. What you used to do during your spare time may not be the same thing that you will do in six months or a year from now. If you have a winter game that you are joining in, you know that when the winter ends, your schedule will definitely change.
If you are engaged in a school activity or any theatrical presentation, it is expected that you will be busier before the performance date than you are at the start of the rehearsals.
Take a look at the big picture before doing anything else. What do you think will your schedule for the following year look like? Choose the dates on that schedule and conjure a calendar that you can follow.
7. Make a timetable for the next five weeks. Make sure to put any alterations you expect due to your leisure activities and other events that have seasons and peak times. Utilize the schedule and be ready to do remarks on it when the five weeks is over.
How was it? Do not be negative in going back and ensure that the resources are scheduled or look beyond for other resources.
For high school students, it is always expected that they will have a busy time for studies and for playtime. However, no matter how hectic the schedule may be, it is still important that one have an appropriate time management in order to have a direction.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Seven Suggestions for Effectively Managing Your Time
1. Be
Organized
- Use time saving tools: appointment calendars, "to do"
lists, e-mail, answering machines, file folders, etc.
- Have an organized workplace (don't waste time constantly looking
for your work).
- Use your appointment calendar for everything, including listing
study time.
- Use "to do" lists for both long-term and for each
day/week.
- Determine how long your tasks will take (do this before agreeing
to take on a task!)
- Consider whether any activities can be combined.
- Determine if big tasks can be broken down into smaller tasks that
may be easier to schedule (such as studying for exams and visiting the
library as part of an assignment to write a term paper).
- Use an A-B-C rating system for items on your "to do"
lists with A items being highest priority.
- Set goals for both the short term and long term as to what you
want to accomplish.
- Look at all of your "to do"s to gauge the time
requirement and whether additional resources will be needed to accomplish
them (if yes, schedule time to obtain those resources). Don't postpone the
small tasks (a sense of accomplishment is good and overlooked small tasks
can become larger tasks.)
- Include time for rest, relaxation, sleep, eating, exercise, and
socializing in your schedule.
- Take short breaks during study and work periods.
- Don't put everything off until the last minute (for example, don't
cram for exams).
- Learn to say "no" when appropriate and to negotiate
better deadlines when appropriate.
- Have an appropriate study environment.
- Split large tasks into more manageable tasks.
- Read for comprehension, rather than just to get to the end of the
chapter.
- Be prepared to ask questions as they come up during study, rather
than waiting until just before an exam.
- Do the most difficult work first, perhaps breaking it up with some
easier tasks.
- Don't wait until the last minute to complete your projects.
- Read the syllabus as soon as you get it and note all due dates
(and "milestone" times) on your calendar.
- Be a model student! (be attentive and participative in class, and
punctual, prepared, and eager to learn)
- The unexpected happens (sickness, car troubles, etc.); you need to
be able to fit it into your schedule.
- Know how to rearrange your schedule when necessary (so it doesn't
manage you - you manage it).
- Know who to ask for help when needed.
- Don't forget the "big picture" - why are you doing the
task - is it important to your long-term personal goals?
- Have and follow a personal mission statement (personal and
career). (Are your activities ultimately helping you achieve your goals?)
- Know what is important to you. (What do you value most?)
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Discovering Time Management Skills Is One of the Most Universal Homeschool Problems
Studying
time management skills in the homeschool environment is one of the most
challenging tasks for parents and children alike. Out of all the resources that
the homeschool family acquires or has, time is the most precious. Families that
elect to educate their children at home have many responsibilities and tasks
that need to be completed on a daily basis. It is not at all uncommon for
duties to hit these families from all sides.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
This is Why Students Need Time Management Skills
Maybe you ask some people about that, why student need time management skills!? Does it always feel like you are running against time? There are seemingly a lot of homework to do, projects to finish, school activities to attend to, etc. If you are always late or has tons of pending things to do, then it is time to rethink your time management strategy. Maybe what you have is not working effectively.
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