Scheduling my weeks

For the past week our class has been talking about time management. As a college student we now have more independence and good time management skills are essential to succeeding in school and life. Our class figured that after you add time time to sleep, eat, etc. the average full time student has approximately 70 hrs a week. So where exactly does that time go. I personally wonder where has my week gone and why aren’t there more hours in a day? Our professor had us make a schedule of our days to see where these 70 hours go.

 I work 30 hours a week and I’m suppose to spend about 30 hours a week studying. Which would leave me 10 hours for free time. I knew this wasn’t true. I realized that I don’t use the recommended 30 hours for studying, but I get all of my work done. I’m writing this blog a week prior the due date because I already composed and posted my blogs. So how am I managing to get my work done early while only working 14 hours outside of class? Maybe I just had a light work load this week. Only two of my five classes have a substantial amount of outside work. Maybe I just have great focus during those two-three study hours that I accomplish so much.

 My main goal is to get as much work as I can get done during the week so I’m not spending 6 hours on Saturday trying to play catch up. My biggest problem use to be procrastination, but when I started college I told myself that I wasn’t going to wait until last minute to do everything. I did start to realize that maybe I don’t need 2 hours a day for just relaxing. Now my relaxing isn’t just me lying around for two hours. I usually eat, do laundry, clean up the house a bit and then I lie down. I tried squeezing in an hour of homework into that slot and it actually worked out nicely for me.

 Now Saturdays are my only free days. It’s the only day that I don’t have work, school, practice, etc. It’s my day to run errands, go grocery shopping, catch up on laundry/cleaning. But it’s also my only day to sleep in late and hang out with friends. I work hard all week to have this one day off to do whatever I want to do.

 I realize that I’m a big multi-tasker and planner. I eat while I study, I study in between practice breaks (I’m eating lunch as I blog). The night before I pack my backpack with the right binders and books, I pack food for the next day. I manage my time well. I get everything I need to get done. I really don’t think I need to change my habits yet. I will when I start becoming overwhelmed and doing poorly in classes. But for now, my plan works for me and I’m happy with it. (to the right is part of my schedule)