various approaches to time management?
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I have always been fond of calendars. I print out calendars for the school year from Microsoft Word and then I write all my due dates, assignments, appointments, etc. on the calendars. This helps me to look at each week and each month as a whole and plan far in advance for those terrible, busy weeks. \n\nListing what you need to accomplish each week (starting with what HAS to be accomplished this week and ending with what can wait until next week if it must) can also help you prioritize and manage your time. As you complete something you can cross of something on your list and move onto the next most important item. List making also helps to motivate you because the more things you accomplish, the more likely you're going to be energized into wanting that entire list to be crossed off.
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focusing on certain tasks
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You can start by doing the simplest homework assignment (that's usually my method). However, if your case is that ALL of your assignments are back-breaking and time-consuming, then start with whichever first and get it over with.\n\nThe thing to keep in mind is just to get started, `cause it will get a little easier/faster/better as you move along.\n\nStudying-wise... make sure there are no distractions (computers, phone, social interactions, etc.) and set up - at least - an hour or so to study your material.\n\nJust rememember (and I got this from "The Art of Happiness at Work"): it is NOT impossible. Sure, it will perhaps take longer than you would like - staying up late, drinking a couple of more cups of coffee, etc. - but it will pay off in due time.\n\nTake care!
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Divide tasks into small, easy to do parts. Also try to ignore the things that disturb you, ie: TV, Computer (if you can help it), iPod, ect.\n\nHere is an example how to divide the tasks into smaller parts. Let's say we have a report due in 1 week. Here is a made-up schedule:\n\nDay 1\n-Find information for 30 minutes\n\nDay 2\n-Find information for 30 minutes\n\nDay 3\n-Write rough draft for 30 minutes\n\nDay 4\n-Finish rough draft\n\nDay 5\n-Write Final Copy for 30 minutes\n\nDay 6\n-Finish final copy\n\nDay 7\n-Relax\n\nBy doing a little work each day, I find it to make things easy in the long run. I think that working for about 30 minutes a day will not be tiring, but you will still get quite a bit done.
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This is kinda on the subject. 37 stress management tips. It could help with time management.
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I have always been a Teacher of Time Management. First you need to asses the amount of time each subject requires. From there, you make your timetable. Don't forget to adjust for walking from class to class, your outside activities,home responsibilities,personal time and then you can see where your loosing it. Now combine these results with the average amount of homework assignments and your on your way. Need help at any junction, send out a Question, Good Luck, the sooner you learn to manage your time the more successful you will be at every endeavour you attempt.
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The small (-ish) university I work at uses a programme called CELCAT to organise the timetables. I'm sure it's very expensive, but worth a look at www.celcat.com
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Decide what had been your routine in internet. Seeing mails and replying the most important MUST REPLY is ok.\nAny reminders to wish on birthday etc is ok. \nRest of routine things including reading news papers periodicals and YAHOO QUESTION AND ANSWERS can wait till you finish your work.\nWHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY.
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prioritize your tasks. tackle the immediate hard ones first. you will have more satisfaction knowing the hard one had been done. less stress doing the easier tasks. you dont have to finish everything in one sitting though. can you delegate responsibilities? be happy.
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Organizing what? If you mean your time/life, there's a large "movement" on the Internet who are getting into a system called "Getting Things Done" or GTD for short. If you search for this you'll find lots of useful suggestions.\n\nThe basic theory is that you get all of the things you're thinking about, need to do, etc, transcribed down into a system you can rely on (say, a notebook, a computer program, whatever).. and then you note down "next actions" for those things. You can then refer back to this to always push your actions on a step at a time. Search for "getting things done".
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Make a list of things you want to achieve, set date/goals for them. Hold yourself accountable. \n\nAnd spend less time on the Internet. ;-)\n\nImran
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Start small, else you'll get overwhelmed.\nBrainstorm. Write a list of regular tasks and another list of \ngoals.\n\nOn a blank calendar, write your regular tasks as they are due:  daily, weekly, or monthly.  Make sure they follow a realistic schedule, one you can really follow.\n\nTake your goal list and pick one.  Brainstorm again and list things you'd have to do to accomplish this goal.  Give it a due date and put it on your calendar.  Pick maybe 2 more goals, for a total of 3. \n\nSee how your calendar system works for you, and adjust as needed.  Try yahoo calendar for daily reminders of things to do - it works great!  Checking my yahoo calendar at work is a motivation for me, because it's like discovering something new each day!
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Make a table of the days of the week.  Each day then has to be broken down in a few hours at a time i.e. \n11pm - 7am sleep.\n7am - 8pm breakfast & getting ready fo work/college/school\n9am - 1pm work/school/college\n1pm - 2pm lunch\n2pm - 5pm work/college/school\n\nand then the hours after that need to be broken down in study time, tv time, bath/shower etc.\n\nThe idea of it is to find time to study around the other essentail hours and every day tasks.\n\nI hope this makes sense.\n\nGood luck
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by budgetting your time\n\nalot a certain amount of time for each task
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Time, distance and self care
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Setting priorities leads to better time management and increased productivity.  These links may be of some help to you.
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Procrastination, that evil of evils, can be beaten - if you take the right approach.\n \nSteps:\n1.  Look at the deadline of any new assignment you get and write it on your calendar. For assignments with no deadline - a frequent phenomenon in graduate school - impose a deadline yourself.\n \n2.  Imagine how the world will look on that date, to make it real to you: What will the weather be like? What else will have changed? Don't allow those changes to pass without finishing the assignment.\n \n3.  Calculate roughly how many hours the assignment will take.\n \n4.  Decide, before bedding down each night, how much time you're going to spend the next day on the assignment.\n \n5.  Remind yourself, upon waking up, of this amount of time.\n \n6.  Tell yourself that you won't allow yourself any leisure activities that day until you've put in the promised amount of time.\n \n7.  Reward yourself, when done for the day, in whatever way you see fit. This reward is key - having a positive incentive can make all the difference.\n \n8.  Don't be afraid to call your student services office. There are well-trained people out there who can help you.\n \n \nTips:\nFor particularly long assignments, don't think too much about how much work it will actually take to finish. Instead, take small steps and have faith that they'll add up to something big. After all, as they say, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.\n \nEvery person has his or her own style. Tweak this method in whatever way fits you best. For instance, if this process doesn't feel quite arm-twisting enough, try marking off each day on the calendar when you get up that day.\n \nRemember that you're not alone; lots of people are guilty of procrastinating.\n \n \nWarnings:\nDon't panic if you slip up the first day or two; it's still early. Take some deep breaths and re-commit yourself to doing the next day's work.\n \nTips from eHow Users:\nAccount For Your Time by Steve\nAt the end of the day, take a few minutes to account for what you've done. Include productive and non-productive activities. If you watched TV for an hour, write it down. If you worked for 15 minutes, write that down, too. That way, you'll know which activities you need to avoid the next day, and will be better able to gage how long your project *actually* took.\n\nTake advantage of your time in the bathroom by eHow Friend\nWhen you are using the bathroom, you really have nothing to do other than your necessities. You can take advantage of this by bringing a textbook or paper to write down all of your ideas for your paper. You might even bring your laptop. Since you have no distractions like TV or the Internet, you are almost forced to do some of your work. You may even stay in there, even after your done with your necessities, in order to finish reading a passage or writing something down. Sometimes I get so into it that my legs fall asleep. When you leave the bathroom you will be more willing to get back to work, since you were in the middle of doing it already.