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Time management:
Goals/objectives & priorities

Enjoyment is not a goal;
it is a feeling that accompanies
important ongoing activity.
Paul Goodman
American, 1911 - 1972


In the exercise below, consider three goals or objectives that you would like to accomplish, and consider them as tasks. Then develop each into steps, three maximum.  Then prioritise them, print and follow up as in a
"to do" list.

Step 4:  Schedule your school calendar

Optional exercise:  Print and complete a .pdf print-out of the following

List three goals or objectives that are most important to you, and indicate whether they are long range, medium range, or immediate:

  long range medium range now!
1.      
2.      
3.      

How much time have you set aside to meet each goal during your week?

A.
B.
C.


Does your time allocation reflect the priority of your goals?

 


Can you change your hourly commitments to meet your priorities?

 


Where do you have the most flexibility:  weekdays or weekends?
Can you change one or the other?  or both?

 

Can you change your goals?  What are your options?

 

Can you postpone any goals until school breaks?

 

How will assignments and tests affect your time allocation?
What can you change to meet your class responsibilities?

 

  1. Schedule your school calendar

Flash exercise contributed by Mike Grinberg and Dr. Brad Hokanson, Interactive Media (DHA 4384) School of Design, University of Minnesota and edited by Joe Landsberger.
(This exercise is also at www.studygs.net/stressb.htm)

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