Time Management Strategies

For this semester, my proposed schedule looks like:

Monday: 3 hours for Readings A & B
Wednesday: 2 hours for Project & Project Feedback
Friday: 1 hour for Blog Comments

I only have classes on campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays so I don't think this will be too difficult to manage. This is the first semester in a year that I haven't had 15+ hours of class, a part-time job, and an internship so I'm almost worried that I won't know what to do with myself.

I read 11 Ways Unsuccessful People Mismanage Their Time and The Myth of "Too Busy" for this assignment. I thought these two articles complimented each other well in discussing time management strategies. The former listed common mistakes that people make when it comes to prioritizing tasks and schedules. When tasks are poorly managed, they are often overwhelming and lead people to make the excuse that they are busy. Business then provides a pseudo-sense of time management that spirals into a rabbit hole of mismanaged schedules. Simply reframing your mind to think in terms of prioritized time rather than busyness helps cut out worthless and distracting tasks.

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Example of a planner. I live by my color-coded agenda. Web Source.

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