Time Management - Prioritizing.

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Flexibility

Your time plan will be most successful if you remember that it is not written in stone. You are subject to all the same diseases, disasters and distractions as the rest of the population, so cultivate the sensitivity to know when you're being productive and when you're beating your head agains t the wall, and take appropriate action. Don't stop writing your essay in the middle of a great idea because you only scheduled an hour for it. Learn to recognize when putting a task off and doing something else is an intelligent, conscious decision and when it is just procrastinating. Sometimes, walking away for a project for a few minutes can be the best thing to bringing a new perspective to a problem or to returning your focus. Be gentle with yourself if you fall short of your expectations, but monitor any negative patterns that emerge and analyze their source. By expecting the unexpected and building flexibility into your time plan, you'll have a better chance of achieving your goals.

To be successful at time management, it is necessary to be strategic. This involves several steps. First, you plan - in this instance how you will use your time. Second, you monitor - is this working? Am I achieving what I planned to do? How am I enjoying this? How difficult is it? Thi rd, you analyze - why did or didn't this plan work? If it did work, you look at where or how else effective strategies can be used. If the plan didn't work, you develop new strategies and try them out. The common denominator of all these steps is awareness of the importance of time management, of how you are using your time, and of what works or doesn't work for you.

Learning to manage time is an ongoing process. The more aware you are of how other people use their time, the more quickly you will see and pick up new strategies. The bigger your repertoire of time management strategies, the easier it will be to adapt to new challenges, such as working around exams or a thesis, or the time management situations a full-time job and family life may bring . Keep your eyes open, listen when people talk about how time is used, and keep trying out new methods and techniques. The ability to manage time effectively is a very valuable asset to have in the working world. If you can master time management in the stressful, unstructured en vironment of the university, you can be confident of your ability to manage time in almost any situation after graduation.