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ASAP: Time Management
Smart Tips
- S = Specific
- Vague: "Read Kant for two hours." (Any goal exceeding 1.5 hours of
study should be broken into smaller goals.)
- Specific: "Read 4 pages of Kant in an hour and prepare a thought for class"
- M = Measurable
- Not Measurable: "Study for Chemistry Exam for 8 hours."
- Measurable: "Work problems from 5 chapters for 45 minutes each."
(Short, measurable goals will help you stay on track.)
- A = Attainable
- Not Attainable: "Study 40 hours every week outside class."
- Attainable: "Study 20 hours every week outside class and save my extra
energy for final's week."
- R = Realistic
- Unrealistic: "Get Straight A's this quarter." (You cannot control everything
that will affect your grade.)
- Realistic: "Go to all classes. Study 3 hours per day."
- T = Timely
- Not Timely: "I'll start my paper tomorrow..."
- Timely: "Today, I can read the essay questions and pick my topic."
- T = Take a Break!
- Continue your previous hobbies and interests, even if the time spent on them
needs to be reduced.
- Take regular breaks. Study for only 45 - 90 minute intervals. And, study
for only 3 hours per day in a normal week.
- I = Invigorate Yourself!
- Continue to exercise and socialize.
- Study with a group or meet a friend to study.
- Treat yourself to breakfast before your Sunday study session.
- P = Plan Your Study Space!
- Study in a space that works for you. If you are distracted or unproductive studying
at home or in the library, go to a coffee shop, for instance.
- S = Set Your Priorities!
- Set your priorities every week, and then re-examine your priorities every day.
- Work on high priority work first.
- Make tough decisions and stick by them.
- Are you researching your paper endlessly? Start writing instead and find out
in that way whether more research is required.
- Does a problem set need to be done tomorrow? Take a rain check on that
coffee date and study with your friend instead.
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