Time Strategies for a Nonstrategic person
All my life I have been the one to just "wing it." I remember deadlines and due dates and I get them done, but I am absolutely awful at planning when I can sit down and get it done. Whenever I have free time, I pick something that needs to be done and do it. During the semesters, I focus a lot on school work and forget about cleaning the bathroom or kitchen. However, those beautiful three day weekends roll around and I finally get to wipe off an awful grease stain that has been sitting on my stove for 3 months.
I've tried to be one of those people who have fancy weekly/monthly/yearly planners where you can doodle with five different shades of blue, but it only lasts for approximately a week before I toss it in my junk drawer, not to be seen again until the next year is rung in.
I have found that keeping a calendar on my computer to be helpful. I post alarms of when classes are about to start so I can catch the bus in time, and I also memorize periods of free time that I'll have and remember to dedicate an hour or more to studying. I may try the online checklist that is mentioned on this site, called "The Psychology of Checklists: Why Setting Small Goals Motivates Us to Accomplish Bigger Things." Maybe I'm more suited for online checklists.
Another site that really spoke volumes to me is from Business Insider, titled "11 ways unsuccessful people mismanage their time." In the article, it states that people who don't schedule, procrastinate, and don't keep records are some factors of being unsuccessful. I am definitely all of those and more! However, I feel like I have been quite successful in my college career. I may be unorganized and do assignments on a whim, but I get my tasks done and move on to the next. I believe there are multiple ways to be successful even if you may be unorganized and sporadic. Personally, I think the anxiety inducing thought of never finishing college motivates me to get my work done the most. The picture below represents how I feel knowing that I am committing all of the time management sins, according the Business Insider.
I've tried to be one of those people who have fancy weekly/monthly/yearly planners where you can doodle with five different shades of blue, but it only lasts for approximately a week before I toss it in my junk drawer, not to be seen again until the next year is rung in.
I have found that keeping a calendar on my computer to be helpful. I post alarms of when classes are about to start so I can catch the bus in time, and I also memorize periods of free time that I'll have and remember to dedicate an hour or more to studying. I may try the online checklist that is mentioned on this site, called "The Psychology of Checklists: Why Setting Small Goals Motivates Us to Accomplish Bigger Things." Maybe I'm more suited for online checklists.
Another site that really spoke volumes to me is from Business Insider, titled "11 ways unsuccessful people mismanage their time." In the article, it states that people who don't schedule, procrastinate, and don't keep records are some factors of being unsuccessful. I am definitely all of those and more! However, I feel like I have been quite successful in my college career. I may be unorganized and do assignments on a whim, but I get my tasks done and move on to the next. I believe there are multiple ways to be successful even if you may be unorganized and sporadic. Personally, I think the anxiety inducing thought of never finishing college motivates me to get my work done the most. The picture below represents how I feel knowing that I am committing all of the time management sins, according the Business Insider.
("Crying" by Machiel van Zanten. Flickr)
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