| College years cannot be forgotten easily. Why? | | | | many several activities in one sitting. Example of these |
| Because it is one of the hardest and the toughest | | | | are the following:when watching a sit-com, try to |
| stage in a person's life. It entails lots of preparations | | | | compute your bills in between commercials; when |
| and adjustments. | | | | taking a shower, list in your mind the things that are |
| College life is full of challenges. College students are | | | | needed to be done; while you are commuting on the |
| faced of mountainous confrontations and obstacles | | | | way to school, listen to taped notes. These things can |
| that must be faced. These students must work hard | | | | save you some of your time that could have been set |
| to prove not only to themselves but to other people | | | | aside for other things. |
| that they are worthy of getting into college and | | | | - Survey your personal time. Making personal time |
| finishing successfully. | | | | survey help in estimating how much time is consumed |
| To do and accomplish all the challenges and dares that | | | | and spent in many typical activities. This is very |
| are facing the college students, proper time | | | | important if you are wanting to manage your time |
| management is necessary. College student should | | | | properly. Do these by tracking the time you spent for a |
| know how to manage time properly and how to | | | | day or a week. This gives you an idea on how much |
| consume time for worthy things. | | | | time you are consuming in different activities and |
| The ability to manage and schedule time wisely makes | | | | things. This will also allow you to realize and identify the |
| college life easier. Missing important deadlines and | | | | time wasters. |
| appointments may cause difficulty and complications to | | | | - Make a daily schedule to be followed. There are |
| both the academic and social life of the student. These | | | | many different styles of time schedules that you can |
| things can also result to guilt, anxiety, stress, | | | | use. Try to make use of the time schedule that can fit |
| frustrations and other negative feelings. | | | | into your personality. The common styles of time |
| The following are some of the tips for college students | | | | scheduling are through engagement books, cards, a |
| on how to manage time their time successfully. | | | | piece of poster board tacked to a wall and many |
| - Learn how to prioritize. Prioritization is one of the | | | | other styles. Once you are know what style to use, |
| most important aspects of time management. Proper | | | | construct it soon. Put in the time schedule all the things |
| prioritization of engagements and responsibilities is very | | | | that are necessary, including your personal needs. |
| necessary. There are too many college students that | | | | - Take some notes and review them before the end |
| are ignorant and do not know how to set prioritization. | | | | of the day. This will help identify the things that you |
| This can often lead to procrastinations. | | | | have done properly and the things that you have failed |
| - Make use of 'to do list'. This does not necessarily | | | | to do. This can help you develop proper time |
| mean making a schedule. This is only listing the things | | | | management skills. |
| that are important to be done. List things according to | | | | - You should learn how to say no. There is nothing |
| their importance. | | | | wrong in saying no in some instances and cases. For |
| - Stop being a perfectionist. Nothing is perfect. God | | | | example, somebody invited you to watch a movie at a |
| created no perfect things and individuals. When you try | | | | time when you have got something to do. Leave out |
| to be perfect, you are only setting your self up for | | | | the movie and prioritize your task. You can do that |
| defeat. Many difficult and hard tasks lead to avoidance | | | | later on. |
| and procrastinations. | | | | Learning proper time management for college students |
| - Set goals. Setting goal is good in managing the time | | | | is very important. Learning these things early on will |
| of college students. You should set goals that are not | | | | prepare them for the life that lay ahead of them. |
| only attainable but should also be challenging. | | | | These will be their tool in achieving the life they are |
| - Try to combine several activities. Trying to combine | | | | dreaming of. |