Time Management
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Time Management UCD DSS Study Skills Sessions
Learning Outcomes • Assess how well you organise your time • Reflect on working habits • Organise your day more effectively • Plan your work on a long-term basis.
Where do I start? • Assess your current planning • Exercise: How well do you plan? • Recognise your strengths and weaknesses • Ask where does your time go? • Exercise: Make a log of activities for the last few days • Where was time wasted? • Could I have saved time? • Move forward with more focus and commitment
Managing Time • How do you spend your time? • Diary log • Wasted time • Home responsibilities • Prioritise activities • Manage interruptions • Workload outside college • Recreation and exercise • Sleep • socialising
Managing Time • Getting Organised! • Make to-do lists • Set realistic daily targets • Prioritise daily targets • Allow review time of tasks daily • Re-schedule uncompleted tasks for the next day • Get a diary and year planner • Tackle one task at a time
Managing Time • Clump similar tasks together (e.g. tasks to be done in the library) • Break large tasks into smaller manageable ones • Overestimate rather than underestimate time needed for a task • Organise lecture notes daily • Summarise notes from lectures and tutorials daily
How do I learn best? • Are you a sprinter or a marathon worker? • Where do I learn best? • When do I learn best? • What aids do I need? • Visual • Auditory • Kinaesthetic • Am I relying too heavily on rote learning? • Have I planned activities other than study and college?
Types of Planning • Short-term (daily) schedules • Weekly schedules • Long-term schedules • Study plans • Activity plans • Life plans
Elements of Planning • Time-tables • To-do lists • Checklists • Systems • Study Tools • Summaries • Flash cards • Mind maps • Etc.
Time Commitment • Contact Hours • Lectures • Tutorials • labs • Review • Reading Time • Revision • Assignments
Goal Setting: S.M.A.R.T. • Specific • Measurable • Numbers and time • Achievable • Resourced • materials • Time based • Exercise: Write a SMART goal
Effective Time Management • Plan enough time for study • Study at the same time each day • Make use of free hours during college day • Plan study periods to follow class periods • Space study periods (50-90minutes) • Plan weekly reviews • Leaved unscheduled time for flexibility
Procrastination • Take Action • Break task into manageable pieces • Do something related- backdoor • Tackle the boring and difficult first • Make a commitment
Dealing with Procrastination • When procrastination arises- • Describe the problem • What is the source of the problem? • What is the reason for the problem? • Can you set a solution goal? • What are your practical options? • What are the advantages of your options? • What are the disadvantages of your options?