Time Management Saint Louis University时间管理圣路易斯大学.pptVIP

Time Management Department of Academic Support Saint Louis University Goals of this workshop The following workshop is designed to bring you through a process of: Evaluating your current time management skills; Providing education on goals and priorities; Help you identify and eliminate distractions; Work towards more effective time management strategies! Before you continue, make sure you have pen and paper to complete the next few activities… Where does your time go? In order to seek improvements, you first need to observe your current habits. Take a few minutes and write down how many hours a week you spend on the following activities. Attending Class Working (internship, RA, outside job) Sleeping Personal care Traveling (to and from class) weekday Traveling weekend Studying Eating Watching TV Cleaning apartment/room, doing laundry Caring for family Exercise Attending athletic practice or games Surfing the net (facebook), videogames, etc Leisure activities (reading, talking on the phone, etc) Other (social) How many hours a week do you spend… Now… Add up all of your activity hours for the week. What is your total? Where does your time go? Guess what… There are only 168 hours a week. On what activities did you spend the most amount of time? On what activities did you spend the least amount of time? To what activities would you like to devote more time? Are you satisfied with the way you spend your time? What changes would you like to make? Sources: Carol Kanar, The Confident Student Lisa Israel Based on your current time management… We will now work on strategies to improve your productivity! Creating a Goal for Time Management What would you like to change about your current time management? For example, would you like to devote more time to studying? The first step is to make a concrete goal. Better yet, make sure your goal is S.M.A.R.T. S.M.A.R.T. GoalsFrom Paul J. Meyer’s “Attitude is Everything” S = Specific A specific goal has a greater chance of