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Stress and Time Management. Rosivach. What causes you stress?. Now talk to your neighbor. Objectives. Learn a few quick strategies for helping you manage your time more effectively. Learn a technique called visualization to help reduce your feelings of stress. Time Management.
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Stress and Time Management Rosivach
What causes you stress? Now talk to your neighbor
Objectives • Learn a few quick strategies for helping you manage your time more effectively. • Learn a technique called visualization to help reduce your feelings of stress.
Time Management • Time stress can come from the feeling of not having enough time to do everything. • Time stress can also come from the feeling that you don’t have enough time to have fun.
Finding time • Many days you have more time than you think you do, you just don’t use it well. • Have you ever said, I’ll wait to do that until I have enough time? • Have you ever though there is no point in studying now because I won’t actually get anything done?
Ten minutes at a time • Ten minutes is really enough time to get something meaningful done. • Studying in smaller chunks of time keeps you feeling fresher and more attentive to the material
Chart you time • Try using a calendar program to keep track of what you actually do with your time. • Try 10 minute intervals • Be honest • After two weeks go back and highlight areas where you could have found more time.
What kinds of things interfere with your studying? Now talk to your neighbor
Little Rewards • Instead of feeling guilty about doing the things you want to do, build them into your schedule. • At first it will seem weird to put facebook or talking to your girlfriend or eating dinner with your family on your calendar.
Little Rewards • When you focus your studying, and put the distractions aside you get better quality studying and better quality time for fun. • Instead of feeling guilty for taking time away from studying call it your reward for doing a good job.
Priming • You can use your unconscious mind to help you stick to your study plan. • We will use a technique called priming to help.
Priming Procedure • Close your eyes and think about the place you will be studying. • Include as many details as you can. • What colors do you see? • What objects are in the room? • What is the temperature? • When you can really see it put your head down on the desk but keep your eyes closed
Priming Procedure • Now I want you to think about what you will be doing right before you study. • Again, include as many details as you can. • Where were you? • Who were you talking to? • Did you get something to eat? What did it taste like? • Now open your eyes and sit up
How priming works • When you get into the situation you just imagined your sub-conscious will begin telling you that it is time to study. • This can help you stick to your schedule.
Stress and Visualization • What we just did was called a visualization technique. • Your body responds to the training you give your mind. • This gives you the power to help regulate your stress response.