Time Strategies

Time management. This seemingly innocuous concept has been the thorn of many college students, including me. Like many college students, I am caught in the constant battle of balancing my school work, outside work, personal health, social life, and so many other aspects. While I believe my high school experience greatly prepared me for the college life, there are many times where I could be more productive. However, I have found my own ways to plan and prioritize, as mentioned by Aine Cain's "11 ways unsuccessful people mismanage their time" article, that have allowed me to complete my required work. I am a big fan of making sure I know all of my assignments due for the week, and I record all of this on an app I bought before I began college, It is called iStudiez Pro and has been tremendously helpful. I simply record the assignments for my week into the app, and the app sends me notifications of when they are due as well many other reminders such as my class times, exam dates, and other school related matter. I am huge proponent of the app and highly recommend anyone to check it out. Now from the other article I read by Peter Banarjea, "Four Questions to Help Overcome Procrastination", I found the four questions mentioned as a good way to stimulate myself to begin an assignment. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to get started and by asking myself what I can do to begin, how I can make it easier, what are my priorities, and what are the consequences, I can take the step to get started on any of my tasks. In regards to the class, I see the balancing of readings and assignments as being critical to my success. Therefore, I plan on continuing my own time management skills as well as the advice from the articles in order to do well in the class.

Articles:
https://www.businessinsider.com/some-common-time-managements-fails-2016-7
https://lifehacker.com/four-questions-to-help-you-overcome-procrastination-1784833178

 

Flickr: "Do It", the battle of between procrastination and productivity