Time Management Tips
Budgeting Time for Study
- Have a daily manager and stick to a schedule
- Take advantage of five-minute periods of time
- Break assignments down into fifteen to thirty minute segments
- Many short study sessions are better that one large one
- Schedule time for fun
- Allow flexibility in your schedule
- Set priorities and study the most important first
- Set realistic goals
- Take advantage of your best time of day for your most important work
- Do not let the phone interrupt
- Learn to say, "No."
- Realize how you waste time and avoid these situations
- Have and use a long term planner for more distant goals
- Concentrate fully on the task at hand--write down distracting thoughts so that you may get back to them
later when you have more time
Ideas taken from:
Ellis, David. Becoming a Master Student. 6th ed. College Survival, 1991.
