how to manage time
HOW TO MANAGE YOUR TIME EFFECTIVELY The two most powerful warriors are patience and time
Tolstoy
Why use time management skills?
It's important that you develop effective strategies for managing your time to balance the conflicting demands of time for study, leisure, earning money and job hunting. Time management skills are valuable in job hunting, but also in many other aspects of life: from revising for examinations to working in a vacation job.
Sometimes it may seem that there isn't enough time to do everything that you need to. This can lead to a build up of stress. When revising for examinations, or during your final year when you have to combine the pressures of intensive study with finding time to apply for jobs good management of your time can be particularly important. Once we have identified ways in which we can improve the management of our time, we can begin to adjust our routines and patterns of behavior to reduce any time-related stress in our lives.
What skills are required for effective time management?
Some of these skills including setting clear goals, breaking your goals down into discreet steps, and reviewing your progress towards your goals are covered in Action Planning.
Other skills involved include prioritizing - focusing on urgent and important tasks rather than those that are not important or don't move you towards your goals; organizing your work schedule; list making to remind you of what you need to do when; persevering when things are not working out and avoiding procrastination.
Using Lists
Keeping a to-do List
TO DO
Work
Write up lecture notes.
*Prepare for seminar on Thursday
Decide on subject for project
Go to library to get material for essay.
Other
*Pay rent
Research employers I want to apply to.
Card for Sue's birthday
Prepare draft CV
Buy iron
Get two tickets for concert
Visit Simon
Go to bank
You should have a reminder system to tell you of when you need to do what:
Tolstoy
Why use time management skills?
It's important that you develop effective strategies for managing your time to balance the conflicting demands of time for study, leisure, earning money and job hunting. Time management skills are valuable in job hunting, but also in many other aspects of life: from revising for examinations to working in a vacation job.
Sometimes it may seem that there isn't enough time to do everything that you need to. This can lead to a build up of stress. When revising for examinations, or during your final year when you have to combine the pressures of intensive study with finding time to apply for jobs good management of your time can be particularly important. Once we have identified ways in which we can improve the management of our time, we can begin to adjust our routines and patterns of behavior to reduce any time-related stress in our lives.
What skills are required for effective time management?
Some of these skills including setting clear goals, breaking your goals down into discreet steps, and reviewing your progress towards your goals are covered in Action Planning.
Other skills involved include prioritizing - focusing on urgent and important tasks rather than those that are not important or don't move you towards your goals; organizing your work schedule; list making to remind you of what you need to do when; persevering when things are not working out and avoiding procrastination.
Using Lists
Keeping a to-do List
TO DO
Work
Write up lecture notes.
*Prepare for seminar on Thursday
Decide on subject for project
Go to library to get material for essay.
Other
*Pay rent
Research employers I want to apply to.
Card for Sue's birthday
Prepare draft CV
Buy iron
Get two tickets for concert
Visit Simon
Go to bank
You should have a reminder system to tell you of when you need to do what: