Time Strategies

As far as I can tell with the assignments and class structure, the schedule I set at the beginning will fit will. If things go wrong, I have plenty of time at the end of the week (if I'm not travelling) to make up for it as well. As far as time management in general, this semester (my last, naturally) is the result of trial and error in my college career, after learning about how best I work. I have important facts about myself, such as that I prefer to work in marathons rather than sprints, have been implemented with my schedule, hopefully better organizing my time for my last and most important semester. As for time management strategies in general, I have a hard time convincing myself to do something or try something, even things I want to do, so I usually just have to find how I best work and try to work around that. My schedule is rarely consistent, and wild at best, so strategies discussed in ones such as How To Build a Realistic Study Plan have dubious effects at best. However, strategies such as getting myself into the mode I need such as Four Questions to Help You Overcome Procrastination are often effective for me, since they convince the action part of my brain to move.

Where did all my time go? Photo from this article.

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  1. SpencerKunzJanuary 21, 2019 at 5:49 PM

    Hey, Gage!

    I admire your ability to work in marathons -- I'm not great about doing steady, consistent work. I'd rather do as much as I can on one day, and then not do anything for a few days after; not a great habit. I do agree with your "Four Questions" article, especially the "top three" strategy. It's way easier to handle an overwhelming task when you break it down into sub-goals and attack it in bite-sized pieces.

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