3.1: Where Does Your Time Go?
Read the introductory text and the text under the heading titled "Time and Your Personality." Be sure to complete Activity 2, "Where Does the Time Go?," to estimate how you spend the hours in your day. In the next subunit, you will gather data about how you actualy spend your personal time using the Daily Time Log in Figure 2.4 of this reading.
Compare your estimates from Activity 2, "Where Does the Time Go?," with the actual data you have collected in your Daily Time Log. This comparison will help you develop a better understanding of how you can adjust how your time is spent. In your notebook, jot down a few sentences recording your reactions to your data and brainstorming how you might adjust your time usage.
You can use this web media resource to review Activity 2, "Where Does the Time Go?" in the reading assigned beneath Subunit 3.1 above. The point of this activity - whether you complete it in the reading or with this web resource - is for you to estimate where you think you spend your time. After you have completed this activity, spend time during one day using the Daily Time Log in Figure 2.4 of the reading to collect data about how you actually spend your time. The time you spend to faithfully record your activities in the Daily Time Log will pay off in the long run as you come to understand your own time personality better. Keep the data you collect. You may be surprised to learn that your time estimates may not have been very accurate!