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Managing Your School Life
Let me see…wake up at 7:30, head to class for three hours. Grab a quick bite to eat before another two hours of class. Meet with my Business group for twenty minutes, go to the Spurs meeting, go to the intramural foosball game, class again for a couple of hours. Don’t forget work at Leaf and Bean plus the volunteer work at Irving Elementary. Let’s see…that leaves half an hour to read a book for Philosophy, work on my Precalculus homework plus finishing up my paper for Computer Science. Uh-oh.
Does this sound a little too familiar? For too many college students this seems to be the case. However, an effective time management strategy can alleviate some of these time constraints. Plan out your days, your weeks and semesters and help yourself find time for your priorities.
Time Management
Stress Management
Procrastination
From The Learning Commons. Procrastination is probably the single most
common time management problem. Everyone procrastinates to some extent;
however, students rank highly among those most vulnerable to procrastination.
Check out this site for practical tips to overcome this common problem.
Anti
Procrastination Program Design your own anti procrastination
plan, courtesy of the University of Texas at Austin.
Motivation
Constructive suggestions regarding motivation.
Planned
Weekly Schedule From the University of Minnesota at Duluth, an
excellent template for getting your life in order.
Time
Scheduling Suggestions Time Scheduling will not make you a perfectly
efficient person. But, the following method of organization has been helpful
to many students and does not take much effort. It is more flexible than
many methods and helps the student to establish long term, intermediate,
and short term goals.
Coping
with Stress at University Techniques to reduce stress during the study
period and during the exam.
Stress
Management Stress is a part of day to day living. As college
students you may experience stress meeting academic demands, adjusting
to a new living environment, or developing friendships. Yet, too much stress
is harmful and can get in the way of success in areas of priority. Check
out this helpful guide to controlling stress in your life.
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Ways To Cope With Stress The title says it all. These tips are practical,
with applicable real world examples.
Understanding
Depression From the University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign.
Who doesn't get depressed at times? Most people tend to feel depressed
at one time or another, but some people may experience these feelings more
frequently or with deeper, more lasting, effects.
Burnout
Prevention and Recovery A comprehensive list of ideas to fight
burnout. For example, "STOP DENYING. Listen to the wisdom of your body.
Begin to freely admit the stresses and pressures which have manifested
physically, mentally, or emotionally. "
Motivation
and Goal Setting Worksheet As the title says, this is a sheet
that will help you prioritize your time and put you in touch with your
short and long term goals.
Goal
Setting Before you can attempt to meet your goals, you have to
know what they are. Your goals to this point may have been very short term,
but now you are going to make decisions that could affect the rest of your
life. If you think things through and prioritize, you can set realistic,
reasonable, attainable goals - then meet them!
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