iTime Management

I time management. Yes I learned how to from the past month I have been going to this class. The two strategy that I used is D's and Dues and Target Planner. I always bring around and write important things in my Planner. But when I first started attending this class, my TA told me to write down everything from all my classes, from no. 1 till the end in my planner. I have never done this before, and I thought it would be a great idea to do this, since it will give me heads up beforehand. This was my hypothesis: I will know everything that is going on. I will know when the things are due, when the exams are, and the exact date I have to start them. Everything will be on the palm of my hand. When I study or do my work, I like to stay organized, because it helps me focus and know what is on stake. If I know what I am supposed to do, it is easier for me to stay on task. So what I first did was I wrote down every due dates and exam dates, in my planner until the end of school date. Then on another column, I wrote my "To Do" list for every day. I wrote my "To Do" list a week ahead for every week because that is when I knew what I was supposed to be doing. Things started getting much clearer and easier for me, because I calculated everything that was due everyday and what I needed to do on each of those days as well. Even though I did not have the times estimated, I still had what I had to do in my mind, and all I needed to do was just to put them to work. Like it is posted on my D's and Dues, some days, there are less than two things that I am supposed to accomplish. That can be an easy day, or the time when I really concentrate on one subject. I had a lot of days like that before. But before I started utilizing my planner into full effect, I had no idea what was going on, what I was supposed to do on a particular day. So that led me into wasting my time and energy. Now, it all works out perfectly. I can stay on top of everything I do, and there is no need to waste a single bit of time.

I also learned to use the Target Planner. I utilized this skill in HTW 221 class, which is my major class. There was a project that was due on February 8th. It was a project that was done by researching and writing a paper based on it. I drew the concentric circles and put down realistic dates for my goal. The first circle would have my note, “Write in the planner: HPP#1 due 2/8/2011”. Then I thought it would be a good idea to start the project beforehand. So I gave myself like a week of time to actually do the project. January 31st was when our topics had been assigned to us. That was when I started to think about how I should write my paper, and what I should do with the given topic of mine. Since it was a group assignment, I thought it would help to actually talk to all my group members next time when I went to class. Then February 2nd, after I met my group members shared our emails, and talked about the topic and what each of us should do in class, I started the research. I saved the information I got, and on February 4th, I started writing the actual paper. This was 4 days before the actual project was due. I had tons of time, and I did not want to cram at the last moment, which had always been my problem in the past. I finished my writing probably on Sunday with enough time to talk to my group mates and to revise and go over my writing. On February 8th, it was the due date, and I turned the project in on time. I fixed everything that needed to be fixed and everything was in perfection. I used Target Planner in a good manner and it helped me use my time manageably and everything was done as I planned myself. Utilizing Target Planner will help me stay on point and not waste any time. Just like the planner, it will keep my organized and let me get my work done thoroughly. I prefer using this for any important, big projects or even exams.

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