Time
and Schedule Management
1. VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS YOU WANT
TO BE
• What do you want to be doing in one year? In five years?
-- Graduating, getting a new job, being involved
in satisfying relationships
• What needs to happen for these things to take place?•
Make goals and objectives.
2. ORGANIZE FOR SUCCESS
• Write down a plan.
Make a step-by-step plan to reach your goals and objectives.
Plan each day, week, and month to attain what you want to accomplish.
• Create an area dedicated specifically for studying or
doing work that is important to you. Do nothing else in that
area if possible.
• Plan for the unexpected by building flexibility into
your schedule. Things will happen that you have
no control over. If you leave time in your schedule, you will
not be as rushed when you need to study or work.
• Set aside time each day to reflect on what you have accomplished.
3. OVERCOME THE TENDENCY TO PROCRASTINATE.
• Recognize the ways that you are able to overcome procrastination.
Focus on the patterns around your success. Avoid activities
that you tend to use when procrastinating.
• Recall your goals and vision of where you want to be.
• Follow your plan.
• Recognize your personal strengths and the areas in which
you are still growing.
4. REWARD YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS.
• Develop a list of rewards, and schedule them after completing
steps in your plan. Small achievements mean small rewards; large
achievements mean big rewards.
• Go back to your schedule after your reward.
MYTHS AND ATTITUDES THAT WORK AGAINST
TIME MANAGEMENT
MYTH
My life is completely controlled by external events.
FACT
You have control over many aspects of your life, but you and
you alone are responsible for initiating that control.
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MYTH
I should meet everyone’s expectations.
FACT
The needs and demands of others may be inappropriate for you
and your lifestyle. By trying to meet the expectations of others,
you may be shortchanging yourself and your needs.
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MYTH
I should have no limits.
FACT
We all have limits. Failure to acknowledge limits may cause
you to become perfectionistic.
Perfectionists are especially prone to procrastination because
the perfection they demand is impossible. |
