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Time Management

Time Management. Time Wasted is Time Lost. If you waste just 6 seconds each minute, every hour you would have wasted 6 minutes That means, every single day, you would waste 2.5 hours And, in one week, you would waste 17.5 hours In one month, you would waste 73.5 hours (how many days is that?).

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Time Management

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  1. Time Management

  2. Time Wasted is Time Lost • If you waste just 6 seconds each minute, every hour you would have wasted 6 minutes • That means, every single day, you would waste 2.5 hours • And, in one week, you would waste 17.5 hours • In one month, you would waste 73.5 hours (how many days is that?)

  3. In one year, you would waste 882 hours (that’s more than a whole month!) • And, believe it or not, in an average lifetime (77 years) you would waste 66 150 hours (that’s 2 756 days = 7.5 years of your life!)

  4. What Could You Do In That Time? • In the extra 7.5 years of your life, you could: • Earn almost two complete degrees • Make extra money • Go on 187 one week vacations • Take 64 950 one hour naps • Make 388 000 ten minute phone calls • Spend 14 million minutes on the internet!

  5. What is Time Management? • It is the art of arranging, organizing, and scheduling one’s personal time to: • Gain time • Motivate yourself to be productive • Reduce anxiety

  6. What Happens in a Typical Day? • Brainstorm (5 minutes)

  7. Sleep Eat School Homework Hanging Out Watching TV Talking on the phone Travel (to and from places) Part-Time Work Personal Hygiene Extra Curricular Hobbies Other Possible Answers

  8. Time Management Strategies • Set goals and reasonable standards • Plan ahead • Make a weekly schedule to organize your time • Use your agenda book from GVC to write down important dates such as assignment due dates, test dates, and school events you will like to attend

  9. Make a to-do list everyday and make sure to review it and change it as the day goes by • Avoid procrastinating • Think motivational thoughts • Commit yourself to completing a task and reward yourself when the task is done • Break large tasks into smaller parts • Eliminate distractions

  10. Online Free Tools • Homework Hub Calendar – Printable Calendar • www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/calendar.htm • Online Google Calendar • calendar.google.com

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