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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?"
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!
ReplyDeleteI 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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