Time Management Study Time w Students who spend

Time Management

Study Time w Students who spend more hours studying. . – – Liked and stayed in college Improved their thinking skills Graduated with honors Got into graduate school w 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 w Small 10 – 15 minute bursts of activities – Walking between classes – Washing clothes – Working out

Set Time w Making a set period of time available for studying certain subjects each week. – Get paid to study – Long drives - tapes

Study Tips w Study in the daylight – Natural light is more conducive to study w Don’t study more than 2 hours straight – 30 -3 -2 schedule • 30 minutes study • 3 minute break • 2 minute review w Do the homework for your most difficult course first.

Prioritize w Make up your to-do list before bed or first thing in the morning – Estimate time required for each task w Try to do top priority things first – Try to get them done in the morning w Keep your priorities in focus w Challenge yourself to finish the list that day

Organize the Task w 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 w Learn to say NO w Turn off the phone w Hang a DO NOT DISTURB sign on your door

Procrastination w Ignore the task, hoping it will go away w Underestimating the work involved or overestimating your ability and resources w Deceiving yourself that mediocre performance is acceptable w Substituting a worthy but lower-priority nonacademic activity

Procrastination w Believing that repeated “minor” delays won’t hurt you w Dramatizing a commitment rather than doing it w Persevering on only part of the task w Becoming paralyzed when you have to choose between two alternatives

Confronting your Excuses w I'm not in the mood right now. u I'm just lazy. w Mood doesn't do my work, actions do. If I wait for the right mood, I may never get it done. w 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 w Set a deadline and put it on your calendar w Become better organized w Make a game of it w Tell Everyone w Divide the task into smaller jobs – Set subgoals w Build in a reward for yourself