Time Management Lecture 2 Balancing Your Time College

Time Management Lecture 2 “Balancing Your Time”

College students need to continually balance 3 main areas in their lives: SCHOOL WORK PERSONAL includes hours in class plus any outside study time plus commuting time to get to class includes both a paid job (with commute time) plus any work done at home to meet family needs also known as “leisure” time… includes socializing, watching movies or TV, phone chatting, etc.

The Pie of Life WORK SCHOOL PERSONAL • Your pie of life will probably NOT be divided into equal parts. • Everyone’s pie will be sliced differently depending on individual goals, needs, and interests.

*While your pie may not be in equal parts, you can tell if it is within a balanced range… If you feel good about yourself, have confidence, feel challenged, satisfied, fulfilled, happy, & in control…your pie is probably in balance for you! If you often deal with bouts of negative feelings, depression, & have a lot of resentments…areas of your life may need to be reexamined and rebalanced.

My Slice of the Pie (Example for 1 week) HOURS AT SCHOOL HOURS AT WORK/ HOUSEWORK PERSONAL HOURS Lecture-12 Part-time job-20 Phone-3 Lab-4 Driving time-1. 5 TV/Movies-4 Outside study-10 General housework (cooking, cleaning, etc. )-20 Internet-4 Driving time-2. 5 Hygiene-7 Now do your own chart on p. 3 of your Packet! TOTAL HRS. : 28. 5 41. 5 18

Visualization of How You Balance Time How you WANT to be dividing up your time in the future: How you’re dividing up your time NOW: Work 41. 5 hrs. School 28. 5 hrs. Personal 18 hrs. Work. School 29. 5 hrs. 28. 5 hrs. Now go to p. 4 of your Packet & divide up your circles. Personal 30 hrs.

Balancing Time Solutions Work. Sheet (an Example): Problem: I talk to friends on my cell phone too much! Possible Solutions: 1. Turn off cell phone when studying. 2. Discipline myself to not even check my cell phone while I’m studying. 3. After studying, reward myself with a phone call to a friend!

Now, go to p. 5 of your Packet & write down 3 specific problems that YOU have with managing your time. Then, try to come up with 3 solutions for each problem.