Sixth Form Study Programme
3. Time Management
Agenda
How do you manage your time?Time management toolsSome strategies
How do you manage your time?
Introducing five time management ‘types’
…… which one fits your approach to time management the best…..????
1. The Fireman
For YOU, every event is a crisis.
You're so busy putting out fires that you have no time to deal with anything else (especially the boring, mundane things such as time management).
Tasks pile up around you while you rush from fire to fire all day.
Tasks pile up around you while you rush from fire to fire all day.
2. The ‘Over-committer’
Your problem is you can't say 'No'.
All anyone has to do is ask, and you'll chair another committee, take on another project, or head out for an event…that you don’t really want to go to.
You're so busy you don't even have time to write down all the things you do!
You're so busy you don't even have time to write down all the things you do!
3. The ‘No worry’er
YOU need to realise there is such as thing as being too "laid-back"
- especially when it starts interfering with your ability to finish tasks or bother to do any homework (and ultimately affecting your grades!)
Getting to things when you get to them isn't time management; it's simple task avoidance.
Getting to things when you get to them isn't time management; it's simple task avoidance.
4. The Socialiser
You are born to socialise
You have astounding oral communication skills and can't resist exercising them at every opportunity.
Every interaction becomes a long drawn out conversation - especially if there's an unpleasant task dawning that you'd like to put off
Every interaction becomes a long drawn out conversation - especially if there's an unpleasant task dawning that you'd like to put off
5. The Perfectionist
You have a compulsion to cross all the "t's" and dot all the "i's", preferably with elaborate whorls and curlicues., and you feel that no rushed job can be a good job.
Exactitude is your watchword
Finishing tasks to your satisfaction is such a problem you need more time zones, not just more time.
Finishing tasks to your satisfaction is such a problem you need more time zones, not just more time.
Hopefully none…
But then, perhaps a little of some??
Time Management is a myth
You can’t manage time –
there is only ever 24 hrs
in the day.
You need to manage yourself and how
you use the time available
You need to manage yourself and how
you use the time available
Time Management “Tools”
(1) Year or term calendar
Download from the internetYou can plan in terms of weeks and see
how much time you have leftHelps you plan ahead for key events
Start revision for mock exams at sensible time
Christmas holidays and Module 1 exams
(2) Weekly Schedule
(3) Daily ‘to do’ list
Keep track of what you need to do
Remember everything and prioritise tasks on a daily basis
Start with those tasks that are the most important and/or the most complex
Time management strategies
Some things to think about…You work best in daylight – make the most of
independent studyAre part time jobs the best use of your time
(weekends only?)Get enough sleepExercise is good for your brainGet a good routine