With exams approaching, you should be thinking about how to get better at time management and organize your days so you can strike the right balance between home, work and university life. You should also try and eat some brain food - and no, we don't mean crisps and energy drinks!
By taking the time to arrange your priorities, you can give yourself the best chance of staying on track and organized during the exam period, which in turn can help reduce stress levels, something that can be the difference between success and failure at university.
In this blog we will provide you the best time management tips for school, collage and aspirants students.
Take a Look at These Top Seven Time Management Tips
1. Break Up Big Tasks
As a student, you know that if your professor told you to write a 20-page research report, you may feel overwhelmed. Instead, if your professor said that you have to write a one-page paper, you’d likely be feeling breezy about getting it done. So, why not take that approach with all your tasks?
With big tasks, write down a deadline and work backwards to figure out how many smaller pieces you can divide it into to get it done by the due date. This is a really important time management skill for students. For example, if you have a book to read, check how many chapters there are and when the reading assignment is due. Then count the numbers of days you have before then and divide it by the number of chapters to see how much you have to get done on a daily basis to meet the deadline. If you have an essay to write, start with the research, then create the outline, and so on.
2. Set a Schedule
As they used to say, “Pencil it in.” Sure, we’ve come a long way from relying on agenda books, but schedulers and agendas (digital or print) can play a huge role in how we manage time daily.
You can either be really serious about scheduling by breaking your time into 15-30 minute blocks and outlining what you’ll be doing, or a little more lenient by roughly planning your days in advance.
Remember
Make sure you put in time for family, jobs, and, most importantly, leisure. If you are under pressure, ask for help from your friends and family with your other activities/chores. You may be surprised just how happy they are to help so you can succeed.
3. Eliminate Distractions
Between cell phones, social media, and friends, there are a lot of activities that can distract students from their school work. When it’s time to get down to work, have your child turn off his or her cell phone and sign out of social media accounts. Any time on the master schedule that is dedicated to working on school work should be cell phone and television-free!
4. Reward Yourself
It’s important to reward yourself after a job well done in order to avoid burnout. Otherwise, it will be difficult to concentrate on even the simplest tasks.
You can reward yourself by celebrating your accomplishments and treating yourself to something you truly enjoy, whether that’s watching your favorite show on Netflix or going out to a nice dinner and a movie. If you’ve been working on an assignment for several months in a row, then take a week off when you’re finished.
5. Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Sleep is essential to rest your body and keep your mind fresh for the next day. Try to get seven to eight hours of rest a night. Pulling all-nighters is less productive than studying consistently. Include sleep in your schedule, and you can reap huge rewards.
6. Make Time to Reflect on a Weekly Basis
Once a week, take ten minutes to think about the week gone by.
Think about what went well and what didn’t go so well.
Decide what changes you’ll make in the coming week, and write them down.
7. Learn to Say No
Say no
There’s an endless list of ways that you could spend your time.
This means that you must learn to say no to the things that aren’t aligned with your priorities.
Get in the habit of saying no more often. If you need ideas as to how you can say no both politely and firmly, check out this article.
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