College Success Workshop:

Time Management

Cheryl Carter, DVC Counseling Department

Do you feel like you’re always doing your work at the last minute?

Do you want to be more productive and efficient with your time?

Do you feel like you’re stressed out or don’t have as much time as you want for all of your interests?

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TIME MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

Why Time Management is Important

10 Common Time Management Mistakes by College

Students

How Do You Start?

What Can You Do to Better Manage Your Time?

Apps for Time Management & Productivity

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Good time management allows you to accomplish more in a shorter period of time;

Leads to more free time, which lets you take advantage of learning opportunities;

Lowers your stress;

Helps you to focus, which leads to more success in your classes ;

Why Time Management is Important?

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6. Not having a game plan for success, not setting personal goals

7. Trying to multi-task

8. Not saying “no” and taking on too much

9. Ineffectively scheduling tasks

10.Not taking breaks during your study time

1. Procrastination

2. Not knowing what your priorities are before a class or project begins

3. Amount of time spent on social media.

4. Not creating a “To Do” list

5. Interruptions and distractions

10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES MADE BY COLLEGE STUDENTS

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A very simple example is when you are trying to do your work on your computer;

Suddenly you get a notification from Facebook saying your friend commented on one of your posts, so what do you do?

You quickly turn to Facebook and check out what’s going on.

DISTRACTION EXAMPLE…

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ESTABLISH PRIORITIES

Make a list of priorities, it will be easier to finish what you need to complete on time.

Finish the tasks that are due sooner first.

If you have a big project, make sure to start with a reasonable amount of time before the due date.

Try working on it for a short amount of time each day. This will help prevent the work from piling up.

KNOW YOURSELF

One of the best ways to use your time wisely is to know what works best for you.

If you are a morning person, don't wait to study or get everything done late at night.

Instead, go to bed at a reasonable time and wake up early enough to get everything done that you need to do.

How Do You Start?

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CREATE PERSONAL TIME

While it's important to make sure your first priority is your school work,

having personal time to enjoy life with friends or by yourself

can actually make your productivity increase as your brain receives a break.

Just make sure to manage this time as well, and learn to say no if you have to.

KNOW YOUR SCHEDULE

Make a schedule using a chart, personal planner,

or anything that helps you plan out your days and how best to fill them.

Writing your activities down can help you better calculate what must be a part of that day and what can wait.

How Do You Start?

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STAY HEALTHY

When you get too busy, one of the first things to suffer is your health.

Sleep is essential, and when your sleep schedule is messed up, so many other things fall out of place as well.

Your stress levels rise, physical and mental performance is not as high, and motivation drops.

When stress levels increase, junk food intake increases and exercise decreases.

Healthy foods and exercise are vital to staying ahead and keeping up with school work.

How Do You Start?

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1. Print out or gather all of the syllabi from the courses you are enrolled in for the term.

2. Create a semester-long assignment calendar at the beginning of the term. Include information from all of your courses, as well as busy weekends and other life commitments.

3. List and highlight your tests and due dates so you can plan ahead for these major assignments.

4. Look at big projects and events and create sub-goals, smaller deadlines, and other manageable milestones to break up the project.

5. Plan ahead. Identify spots in the term when you have many commitments -personally, academically, and professionally. Develop a strategy to handle these busy times in advance in order to reduce the amount of stress that you experience.

What Can You Do to Better Manage Your Time?SEMESTER PLANNING

Gathering all of the important due dates, exams, and events on one easy to read document will also help you identify when you will have busy weeks vs. slower weeks and adjust your workload accordingly.

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PLANNING OUT ASSIGNMENTS

START WITH DUE DATE PLAN USING CALENDAR

WORK BACKWARDS FROM DUE DATE OF ASSIGNMENT

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRE0WicGz4IMAKING A GOOD STUDY PLAN

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1. Evernote – Productivity

Use it to manage work tasks, presentations, and school projects.

2. Remember the Milk – Task List Manager

The ultimate task list app offers students an easy way to add assignments and prioritize coursework.

3. MyLifeOrganized – Task List Manager

An app that provides task lists management with specific goals in mind across multiple devices.

4. myHomework Student Planner-- Planner

This app gives you a calendar in which you can track your upcoming assignments, exams, projects and other important events; also has a homework widget.

5. Trello –Productivity

Trello allows you to organize projects through boards, you can customize either solo or with others for a group assignment.

Apps For Time Management & Productivity

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COLLEGE SUCCESS WORKSHOP:TIME MANAGEMENT

QUESTIONS???

Cheryl Carter, DVC Counselor