I set myself at least 3 tasks per day, a mix of things I need to get done and things I want to get done. Another word for goals when dealing in time frames of a day or a week is ‘tasks’. Goals focus your attention on what you need and want to get done. Hell, why not go and do some 5-year and 10-year goals while you are at it. Set some goals: daily ones, weekly ones, monthly ones. Have at least some idea of what you are working towards. Remind yourself regularly that how you allocate your time is a central factor in your overall happiness, so do your best, with the constraints of everyday life, to allocate your time wisely. Allocate your time and attention to things that are important to you and those you love. Your time and attention are potentially the two most important assets you have. Here is a quick overview of what you should do and what you shouldn’t do. Managing your time better consists of adopting good habits and breaking bad ones. Apologies for the potty mouth, but I’m feeling a little dangerous today, like the Fonz. I’ve divided the tips (which I’ve gathered along the way from research, articles, counsellors and my own experiences) into ‘Shit you should probably do’ and ‘Shit you probably shouldn’t do’.
We recommend it because it has measurable benefits. Time management also shows a moderate, negative relationship with distress.” An intervention that makes me more productive and happier? Sign me up!!!! The take home point here is that time management isn’t just something we recommend because it sounds nice. “ time management is moderately related to job performance, academic achievement, and wellbeing. Research suggests that time management does work. Think of it as something you purposefully improve over time, in the same way that you might learn and become increasingly proficient in a new language.Ī couple of notes before you get started: To pull together some of the better time management principles and tips that I’ve discovered along the way.ĭo you need to get all of the tips below correct in order to manage your time better? Not at all.ĭon’t view time management as something you get 100% right. That is the purpose of this post/article. That doesn’t mean however there aren’t some principles of time management that are worth knowing and following. I’m pretty sure I will meet my maker, still very much in the process of trying to fit them in to my schedule. It is one of those skills like ‘managing relationships’ where you are always learning and experimenting.
In fact, the older I get, and the less time I have on this planet, the more interested I am in using it better. Just about everyone I know (myself included), no matter what stage of life or level of success, reports wanting to manage their time better. It takes deliberate practice and experimentation. It is a process of training your mind and developing and linking together habits and routines. I’d love to tell you that there is a simple and easily implemented ‘hack’ that can make you better at managing time. But there isn’t.
Put simply, time management, in the context of study, is about deciding ‘ what to study, how long to study and how to study‘.
I update this post regularly as I learn more about time management myself. In this post, I cover time management from the perspective of things I think are GOOD to do, and things that maybe shouldn’t be done. Good time management is essential in meeting all of one’s responsibilities. Overview: The average student is juggling a lot more than just their studies: family, work, hobbies/interests, health issues, COVID restrictions etc.