06/12/04 Ver. 2.3 1

Making the Most of Your Time

COL 103Chapter 2

Professor Jackie Kroening864-646-1430

864-646-1425 (PSY office)www.lifetour.com

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Time for Success

You can not escape time If you ignore time it still moves

forward “Who is in charge of your time?”

YOU ARE

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Learning Where Time is Going

Time Log A record of how you actually have spent your time

including interruptions (Page 32) Record time for everything

Personal Care Food Classes Studies Work Recreation Other personal Sleep Others

repareP

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Black Holes

What is eating up your time? Long phone conversations Watching that extra TV program Staying up to late so you get up later in

the morning then you should Washing your car instead of studying

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Set Priorities

Tasks and activities you need and want to do ranked in order from most important to least important

Identify priorities for an entire term What do you need to accomplish

Specific Measurable

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Identify Prime Time

Know your body clock Day person Night person

Difficult tasks in your prime time Easy tasks in you worst time

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Mastering the Moment

Organize yourself to take control of your time Master calendar – shows all the weeks of

the term on one page (include every week of the term and seven

days per week) Weekly timetable – days of the week

across the top, hours on the left hand side A daily to-do list – portable calendar that

includes every day of the week

O rganize

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Master Calendar

Course assignments and due dates Exam dates Writing assignments due dates Dates from personal life

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Weekly Timetable

Transfer dates from Master Calendar Pre-class session study times Exam study times (shorter periods

rather then one long block of time) Writing paper time

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Weekly 24-7 Planning SheetMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

6:00 AM7:00 AM8:00 AM9:00 AM

10:00 AM11:00 AM12:00 PM1:00 PM2:00 PM3:00 PM4:00 PM5:00 PM6:00 PM7:00 PM8:00 PM9:00 PM

10:00 PM11:00 PM12:00 AM1:00 AM2:00 AM3:00 AM4:00 AM5:00 AM

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To-Do-List

Now complete your daily to-do-list Complete your daily to-do-list a day

ahead of time List all the things you need to do for

the next day Do not schedule every single minute of

the day. That is counterproductive

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Things-To-Do-ListMy Goals forthe Week

academic goals:

personal goals:

my values:

Things To Do List___________ (today's date)

Item priority completed____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )____________ ( ) ( )

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Controlling Time

Do not be hard on yourself, thing happen!

Control you time Just say no Get away from it all. Go to the library Enjoy the sounds of silence Take control of your communications Let your fingers do the walking Expect the unexpected.

W ork

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Procrastination

Break large tasks into small ones Start with the easiest and simple part

of the tasks, then do the harder parts Work with others – study groups

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Balance school and family

Provide activities for children Make spending time with children a

priority (quality time) Enlist your children’s help Use television appropriately Find the best child care that you can Accept that studying will be harder

with kids around

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Balance school and work

Make to-do lists for work Study during slack time Ask about flextime Accept new responsibilities

carefully Keep in mind why you are working

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Checking Your Time

Check your to-do lists to see if you are using your time correctly

Check off is important – provides objective record of what you have done and when

E valuate

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Reflecting on style of Time Management

At the end of each day How did you accomplish your to-do and

why Why did you not accomplish your to-do

and why Should you do less? Should you do more?

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