So much to do in so little time? Manage your time wisely!

It is extremely important to know how to manage your time wisely because if you don’t, everything will get crammed together.  It isn’t easy to make time for everything in your life when you have a lot going on at once.  School, jobs, friends, family, sleep, and food are all very important priorities and you should put a  good amount of hours in for each of them. 

I have a lot of difficulty managing my time because I have so much going on.  I have two jobs, a ton of school work, a boyfriend, and family I have to worry about.  That doesn’t even include all the other things such as sleeping, eating, talking on the phone, going on AIM or facebook, or watching tv.  When I am at home I spend most of my time either texting or on the computer.  I never feel up to doing my homework or studying because I would rather talk to my friends.  I need to learn to manage my time better because I am a huge procrastinater.  I leave most of my assignments and studying until last minute and that isn’t a very good habit.  Even though I believe that I work well under pressure, I need to manage my time more wisely and spread everything out rather than leaving it for last minute.

Time management is a personal skill and only you can control your schedule.  Organization, prioritization, and scheduling are the three big steps in helping to manage time.  It is a good idea to organize your schedule for each day or for the week because that will allow you to take it one step at a time and do what is most important.  Making a list of what you need to accomplish will help quite a bit.  Once your list is created, you can organize them from the most important to the least important.  The last part is taking your list and fitting it into your schedule for the day.  It is important to make sure you are giving a good amount of hours for each priority and especially for the most important ones.

How are you spending your 168 hours a week?  There is a formula you can follow to help see how many hours you are putting in for certain priorities.  That will help you realize the priorities that need more focusing on, and the priorities with which the hours can be reduced. 

To learn more about manageing your time check out the website www.studentactivities.uconn.edu

There are also some books you can check out about time management. 

Beat Procrastination and Make the Grade: The Six Styles of Procrastination and How Students Can Overcome Them   By Linda Sapadin and Jack Maguire

Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time  By Brian Tracy

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People   By Stephen R. Covey

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