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Time Management

The document provides guidance on time management through long-term, short-term, and daily planning. It recommends starting with long-term planning by listing important annual dates in a planner. Short-term planning involves creating a weekly schedule to allocate specific times for tasks, commitments, study, and relaxation. An example weekly schedule is given to illustrate allocating times for activities, meals, meetings, study, family and relaxation.

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Time Management

The document provides guidance on time management through long-term, short-term, and daily planning. It recommends starting with long-term planning by listing important annual dates in a planner. Short-term planning involves creating a weekly schedule to allocate specific times for tasks, commitments, study, and relaxation. An example weekly schedule is given to illustrate allocating times for activities, meals, meetings, study, family and relaxation.

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Time Management

Do you often find yourself thinking, “There’s just not enough hours in a day?” Once
you have prioritized your life, how do you make sure that you have enough time to
do the things you need to do? We can use time management to help us use our
time wisely. Start first with long time planning (the things you have to do for the
year) and then fill in short term planning (the things you have to do weekly) and
finally daily planning. Follow the strategies below to start getting the most out of
your day!

Long-term planning:

The purpose of long-term planning is to gain an overview of the academic activities


over the whole year and to make sure that you keep track of all important dates,
such as:

• submitting assignments
• preparing for group discussions
• preparing for examinations
• writing examinations
• meeting all your commitments on time

To do this, get a year planner or a diary and write down all these important dates in
it. Whenever your teacher passes out an assignment, write down when it is due in
your planner – even if it is due the next day. This way, you can make sure you
won’t forget!

Once you have written down your long-term objectives. You should now plan more
specifically by planning out your short-term objectives.

Short-term planning:

Short-term planning is something you do weekly and daily. To do this you should
work out how much study time you have. You need to draft a weekly schedule
which you can use as a basis for weekly and daily planning.

A weekly schedule will indicate the following:

• fixed times (normally non-negotiable) for getting up, having breakfast,


travelling etc.
• study times marked with an "x".

A weekly schedule clearly shows when you can do the work you've planned in your
year planner.
Your weekly schedule will not change very much from week to week, so you can
make a few copies and just update them each week.

Example of a weekly schedule

Hours Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

06:00-07:00 Relax

07:00-08:00 x

Family &
08:00-09:00 x
Breakfast; commuting; office Relaxation

09:00-10:00 x

10:00-11:00 x

19:00-20:00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner x

20:00-21:00 Meeting Meeting x


x x x

21:00-22:00 x x x x x x
Relax

22:00-23:00 x x x x x

Relax
23:00-24:00 x x x x x

x = available study time

Here’s how you can plan your weekly schedule:

1. Use about 15 to 30 minutes every Sunday evening to plan your weekly study
schedule.
2. Look at your year planner and write down everything you have to do during
the following week (e.g. meetings, urgent visits, important social gatherings).
3. Then decide when your available study times are and decide which study
activities you should deal with during this week. Write this in and stick with
it!

Action Plan:
In the box below, fill out your own weekly schedule and mark your available study
times with an “X.”
Hours Monda Tuesda Wednes Thursd Friday Saturd Sunday
y y day ay ay

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