A college student life mainly consists of classes, assignments, and projects which they try
to juggle with everyday and most of the time, they fail to carry out all their responsibilities
efficiently due to poor time management. As a student, poor management of time will
prevent us from reaching our full potential. Classes and assignments can be long, tiring
and
frustrating due to poor planning and time is wasted doing things that should be done in a
few
moments or not at all. All of us have the same amount of time; the challenge is using this
resource effectively. What follows are some suggestions on using your time more
effectively
so that you can get things done on time without feeling rushed and frustrated.
The best place to start managing time better is with yourself! Resolve to manage your time
and not let time manage you. It highly likely that you may be the cause of some of your
time problems as time management problems often stem from poor work habits; therefore,
you need to analyze how you spend your time. Its a good idea to start by writing down a
list
of your activities and how much time you spend on them. After a few days days, look at
these activities and ask yourself what major activities or events caused you to use your
time
ineffectively. This way you can pinpoint your own time wasters and also decide on which
tasksmust be performed first as compared to other tasks which are secondary.
You should also direct your time by using goals because if you specify your destination
