TIME MANAGEMENT
I. Introduction
♥Slide 1- Time, as we all know, is a limited resource; each of
us is allotted 24 hours a day to accomplish various tasks. While
many of us rely on creative and efficient routines to navigate
our daily responsibilities, we often observe others seemingly
accomplishing more within the same timeframe. This observation
prompts the question: How do they manage to achieve so much? The
answer lies in their strategic approach to time management.
♥Slide 2- In this presentation, we will introduce you to the
strategies of time management to maximize your productivity,
have an efficient and effective flow of workload achievements,
and acquire the desired outcomes and understanding of the
techniques when being practiced.
II. Strategies of time management
♥Slide 3- The first step in successfully executing effective
time management is to identify your core priorities. In this
step, you compare and evaluate which tasks to prioritize—whether
it’s because of a deadline, the amount of preparation required,
or how well the task aligns with your core values and long-term
goals.
Although many people treat time as a scheduling problem, Dr.
Dierdorff explains that time management begins with identifying
your core values and long-term goals.
♥Slide 4- It is crucial to identify and manage the distractions
that disrupt your productivity. By recognizing the factors that
affect your focus and prevent you from completing tasks on time,
you can take steps to create a clear, distraction-free work
environment. This means staying away from phones, gaming
devices, televisions, noise, and similar interruptions.
It is also important to set time limits for checking important
messages and emails. Practice self-discipline by using gadgets
only for their intended purpose and avoiding the temptation to
scroll beyond your original intent.
Lastly, remember to take breaks. Breaks help prevent fatigue and
reduce the likelihood of feeling overwhelmed or discouraged.
Think of these pauses as rewards for completing meaningful and
challenging tasks.
♥Slide 5- After the 3rd step, you can proceed in planning and
scheduling the tasks, strategies 1 and 2 as your basis of the
things that you must prioritize. The tasks align with their
schedule on when to start working on them, when it should be
finished and on what time it should be submitted. As Puppis put
emphasis, time management improves dramatically when you use
planning tools. Whether digital or paper-based, systems like
calendars and to-do lists help structure your day.
♥Slide 6- The next strategy is to avoid multitasking. As
college students, there are times when workloads get the best of
us. Most students attempt to do several things at once, mostly
in one timeframe. What most of them do not understand is that
although it feels like a productive thing to do, it results in
more mistakes and inefficiency. What they can do is to focus on
one task at a time, apply the pomodoro technique/ give intervals
of break and work to avoid being unmotivated or bored in a span
of time that they set for themselves. Turn this into a habit.
♥Slide 7 and 8- As college students, most of us procrastinate
and it is evidently a pervasive predicament for us.
Procrastinating delays us from moving forward to another task,
with the mindset of “I will do it later/tomorrow”. That is when
the SMART goals should be established. By combatting this
mindset we have to go through the bottom of this. Why do we
procrastinate? After knowing the reason, setting goals is
important. This will keep you going, acting as your motivation
to manage your timetable in order to accomplish the task.
Another great way of changing your mindset from “I will do it
later”, is “if I can do it for a couple minutes, then I shall do
it now”. This way, even the simplest tasks cannot have an excuse
to be brushed aside. And lastly, another great motivation is
rewarding yourself. After finishing the task, you can treat
yourself. Take a rest, go to your friends to hangout, eat,
indulge yourself, you name it.
♥Slide 9- The last strategy is focused on how you maintain your
work and life balance. This strategy is composed of steps that
you might furtherly improve. Recognition and reviewing of the
effects are crucial. It serves as your basis of development. How
far have you improved? Assessing the areas for improvement to
adjust your time management planning and to look for more
techniques to help you manifest such improvement. Remember, you
can always search for other techniques. That way, your
improvement will be guaranteed.
♥Slide 10- The techniques provided are not only for yourself,
but also to share it with others. Encouraging them to improve
while applying these techniques, assessing their strengths,
distractions and sharing tips and tricks on how to do things in
an efficient manner. Not only that these could help them foster,
but also, these create a bond and a common ground, nourishing
others while keeping the connection stronger.
