Time Management

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Time Management

• Tips and Strategies

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  Study difficult (or less interesting) subjects
first
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Know your optimum study times
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Use waiting times (lines etc)
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Use a regular study area
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Break goals down into simple
tasks
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Get off the phone Use an answering
machine
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WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STUDY TIME

• Study difficult (or less interesting) subjects
  first
• Know your optimum study times
• Use waiting times
• Use a regular study area
• Study where youll be alert

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WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STUDY TIME

• Use the North Hall Library
• Coordinate study times with your family or
  roommates
• Avoid the phone, use an answering machine
• Learn to say NO
• Use a Do Not Disturb Sign

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WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STUDY TIME

• Take notice how others waste your time
• Avoid noise distractions
• Ask whether or not youre prioritizing things
• Ask whether or not youre being to hard on
  yourself

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WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STUDY TIME

• Identify time wasters
• Be willing to make compromises

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WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STUDY TIME

• Break goals down into simple tasks
• Dispel your current notion time management and
  to-do-lists people
• Try doing less - make a dont do list
• Eliminate worthless activities
• Slow down
• Schedule down times

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STRATEGIES FOR FORMULATING YOUR TIME SCHEDULES

• Allow for Flexibility
• Devise a plan that works for you - Be Realistic
• Avoid Scheduling Marathon study sessions
• Set clear start and stop times
• Plan for the unplanned

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STUDY WHEN ???

• Plan two study hours for every hour you spend in
  class
• Study difficult (or less interesting) subjects
  first
• Be aware of your best time of day
• Use waiting time
• Use a regular study area

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Where to Study??

• Choose a place that minimizes visual and auditory
  distractions.
• Use the library or empty classrooms. Get out of a
  noisy room.
• Don't get too comfortable.
• Find a better place when productivity begins to
  fall.