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Time Management for Right Brained People

Ask some people about managing time and a dreaded image appears in their minds. They see a person with a 50-item to-do list clutching a calendar that’s chock full of appointments. They imagine a robot that values cold efficiency, compulsively accounts for every minute, and is too rushed to develop actual relationships. Often this image is what’s behind the comment, “Yeah, there are some good ideas in those time management books, but I’ll never get around to using them. Too much work.”

TIME MANAGEMENT: TECHNIQUES FOR STUDENT

Everyone has the same amount of time available to do whatever it is they need to do—168 hours per week. But, you say, how can all of my time be free time when I have classes, labs, work, and so on? True, but remember YOU have chosen to be a student, YOU have chosen to take whatever courses you are currently taking, YOU have chosen to participate in whatever extracurricular activities you are involved in, YOU decide when to eat, sleep, socialize, etc. So remember—YOU make the choices as to how you spend your own time…

Time Management for More Effective Results

If there’s one thing that most chairpersons would like to have more of, it’s time—time to do what’s urgent and what is truly important. But time is the one resource that we can’t get more of by asking the dean or by cultivating relationships with generous alumni.

Simple Time Management Tips

Write everything down. Have, maintain, and use a quarter planner to indicate when major projects will be due, exams will be given, and events will be held. Copy important deadlines (tests, papers due) into your date book from your syllabi. Write down deadlines in stages: research