Friday, August 28, 2015

Calendar Reflection

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Time management has never been my strongest suit, but now that mystical adventure of college is beginning, I need to plan out my time. To do this, I analyzed everything I had to accomplish on a weekly basis to succeed in my education, and maintain a living. I have finally bit the bullet and created a weekly schedule, here's the gist of it:

Since I have two jobs, I immediately have 25 hours a week that I can't do classwork. Add in the lovely bonus that to keep my scholarship I must be a full-time student with high grades, and - BOOM! - you now have a recipe for disaster. However, thanks to the magic of sitting down and tediously marking down everything I need to accomplish every week (slightly depressing), I have a solution!

On the days I don't work in the evenings and have classes, I will remain on campus until I have completed the assignments I have planned out for that day. I also have all of Friday as a Study Day so that I can catch up on things I need to do and look back at my notes!
There are, of course, downsides: I'm not exactly a person with time to spare anymore. If you want to hang out with me on my free time, I'll pencil you in for that spare half-hour I have on the weekends.

Reflection-ception: In the Calendar Reflections of others I have noticed that we all seem to be a bit freaked out about how much time college will be taking from our lives. We'll have less time for movies and general misbehaving - crap! But one common thread is that college must now take center stage in our lives (after all, we are shelling out a lot of dough for it). Ann's post made me realize that I a spread-out schedule has a lot of benefits, and I will probably try to make a more balanced weekly schedule next semester to make homework less of a burden on certain days. Tyler's post and Ann's post made me realize just how much of a trade-off I've made by working and going to school full-time.
       Resources: Tyler Gray: Tyler Gray Is Mediocre at Best at English 109H
                           Ann Tjorhom: "Can I Call You Ann?"

2 comments:

  1. Wow! After seeing all of the responsibilities and obligations that you have, I now realize that I have zero right to ever say that I am "overwhelmed" by my schoolwork or other tasks. You definitely seem to have a great plan in place in order to accomplish everything that you need to get done. Just stay motivated and everything will work out!

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  2. I have to agree with Thomas. After reading about your schedule mine is extremely open. Even so it seems like you have some really good ideas to get your work completed. I think that forcing yourself to stay on campus until you finish your work for the day might at times be frustrating, but in the end it is probably a really smart way of keeping yourself focused and sticking to a schedule you create.

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