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The Six-Step Program for Improving Your Time Managemen t. Step 1: “Why am I in college?” Step 2: “What are my plans?” Step 3: “What are my actions?” Step 4: “What is my master timetable?” Step 5: “What is my weekly timetable?” Step 6: “What is on the To-Do list today?” .
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The Six-Step Program for Improving Your Time Management • Step 1: “Why am I in college?” • Step 2: “What are my plans?” • Step 3: “What are my actions?” • Step 4: “What is my master timetable?” • Step 5: “What is my weekly timetable?” • Step 6: “What is on the To-Do list today?”
CONSIDE HOW YOU SPEND YOUR TIME • Sleeping • Showering, dressing, grooming • Meals, family responsibilities • Commuting, travel time, errands • Classes and work • Television • Studying
SCHEDULE STUDY SESSIONS THAT ACTUALLY WORK • Make study times during your best time of day • Don’t schedule overly long sessions • Allow for 5- to 10-minute study breaks • Reward yourself when you’re done studying
FIGHT DISTRACTIONS! • Establish a couple of places where all you do is • Establish a good study environment • Fight electronic distractions • Avoid “multitasking” • Fight telephone distractions
FIGHT DISTRACTIONS! • Fight people distractions • Fight boring assignments with short concentrations of effort • Fight long assignments by breaking them into smaller tasks • Fight difficult tasks by tackling them first and making sure you understand them • FIGHT PROCRASTINATION & OTHER NEGATIVE REACTIONS!
The Really Big Time Wasters • TELEVISION WATCHING • PARTYING • INTERNET ADDICTION • THE COMMUTER RAT RACE • WORKING TOO MANY HOURS WHILE GOING TO COLLEGE.
Giving Yourself the Extra Edge: Developing Staying Power in Your Studying • ALWAYS CARRY SOME SCHOOLWORK & USE WAITING TIME • USE YOUR SPARE TIME FOR THINKING • JOIN A STUDY GROUP • MAKE TAPES OF LECTURES & LISTEN TO THEM • REVIEW NOTES ON A LAPTOP COMPUTER