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Manage Your Time  

Friday, January 18, 2008

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Tips to better manage your time

• Concentrate on one thing at a time. Study difficult or boring subjects first while you still fresh and get this “chore” out of the way to make the rest of the day easier for yourself. Be active in what you are doing at the time.

• Be aware of your best time of the day. When do you study best – Daylight? Night time? Schedule study time during your best study hours.

• Use a regular study area. Train your body so that you can focus attention more quickly. Use this area only to study, such as the library or a study lounge, which has good lighting, low noise, and no distractions. Find a place where you can study everyday that has tables and chairs, is quite, and has low traffic.

• Study where you will be alert. Do not study where you sleep and avoid chairs and sofas. You need energy, not relaxation.

• Pay attention to your attention. Keep a note pad next to you while studying to jot down random thought that interfere with your studying. Get them out of your mind and onto a paper so that you can refocus on studying. If the task is really pressuring do it, and then return to your studying.

• Get off the phone. Do not use the phone as an excuse to not study. Tell people when they call that you are studying and they should understand. If it is that important they will call back.

• Plan your day each morning or the night before and set priorities for yourself.

• Do just one more thing. Before going to bed, try to do just one more thing to make the day more complete, and eliminate one task for the next day.

• Be sure and set deadlines for yourself whenever possible and reward yourself whenever possible and reward yourself when you get things done as you had planned, especially the important ones.

• Be realistic in your expectations of yourself.

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Posted in Education by Srikanta