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3.2: Where Should Your Time Go?

• College Success: "Chapter 2, Section 2.3: Organizing Your Time" >

  Read the text from "Time Management" through "Time Management Strategies for Success." Make sure to complete Activity 3, "Where Should Your Time Go?" Use these to further assist you with determining what your typical week should look like, in order to ensure that you have scheduled enough time to stay on track.

• 3.2.1: Determine How Much Study Time You Need

  • Study Guides and Strategies: "My Weekly Schedule" >

    Using the data you collected about your own time use and needs, use this interactive log to create a reasonable weekly schedule that includes enough time for the activities that are most important for you to prioritize in order to reach your college goals.
    

• 3.2.2: Strategies for Using Time Wisely

  • Becky Samitore-Durand's "Time Management and Scheduling Strategies" URL

    Read through this PowerPoint presentation. Each slide reviews and expands upon information covered in material you have read so far.
    

  • Mind Tools: "How Good Is Your Time Management?" URL

    This is an extremely valuable exercise. Read the introduction and answer the questions based on your own self-evaluation; then, click on the "Calculate my Total" button. Be sure to read not only the personalized score interpretation but also the evaluations below that are based on various time management skills. No matter how much attention you give to these skills over your lifetime, you will always benefit from reviewing these strategies.