Prescript: How lovely is it that my blog post on time management is late? Perfection. Long story short, I wrote the post on Thursday after the lecture and apparently clicked save instead of post... Failure at existence.
Okay, onto the blog post!
Time management in college is proving to be difficult for me. Having been a product of the public institution, I'm used to being locked up in a building for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, without a second of freedom. Homework and reading were a relief.
College is a whole other ball game: I have time to question my assignments and their relevance, and therefore, makes it feel more like a chore.
I still haven't quite gotten a hang of things yet, but so far my way of coping with getting everything done on time has been to keep a strict schedule.
Since most of my classes are done by 3pm, my afternoon and evenings are pretty free, giving me time to either get a week's worth of homework done, or for a Harry Potter movie marathon (I'm ashamed of the number of times the latter has won over common sense). My solution?: Get everything done before I eat dinner. That gives me both a time constraint and a reward.
It's simple, but has worked for me so far. That way, everything gets done, and I have plenty of time to practice and be a complete lazy bum.
Keep in mind, that time constraint doesn't include studying. I normally study right a couple of hours before bed because that's when my memory works the best.
I'm sorry for the short little blog post, but I consider this one pretty self explanatory without much room for elaboration.
It's interesting--you're Time Management solution was something my Orientation Leader told us when I started college. He said to treat every day like a regular Work Day, and to get all your work finished between 9:00 and 5:00. It didn't completely work, of course--I never could fit all my homework and practicing in by then--but it gave me a good start.
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That is such an awesome idea! I can't believe I never thought of that. I work so much better under time constraints that I do on long-range projects and such. I mean, of course it's not always going to work, but it's a fantastic strategy to use. Since homework seems like such a chore now, you may want to try treating yourself when you reach small goals. This is something I do that is pretty successful. If I have a page of theory homework, I'll allow myself a couple of bites of ice cream after I finish. Since I stole your idea, I thought I would offer one of my ideas up as a trade-off. (:
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