TIME MANAGEMENT (III)

Prioritized To-Do List 

A "To Do" list is a list if the tasks that you want to complete each day. Putting your personal goals on the list is important. This further reinforces your commitment to put all your plans in writing. In addition, writing your personal goals on your "To Do" list will help you stay more organized. The more organized you are in completing your personal goals, the more time you'll have to complete your academic goals. Making "To Do" lists can become habit forming, so by all means get started immediately.

Don't worry if you don't accomplish everything on your list. Just move the one or two tasks that were left uncompleted to the top of the list for the next day. Please remember that it's important for you to plan realistically. A pattern of planning too much to do and then moving half of your tasks to the next day can lead to procrastination. Establishing priorities will help you complete your most important (or pressing) tasks first. Use numbers, a star, or another symbol to indicate that certain tasks need to be done first. Put your academic goals at the top of the page and your personal goals at the bottom. By putting your study goals first, you're reinforcing your commitment to academics.

A you complete the tasks on your "To Do" list, cross them off your "To Do" list. It's really easy to stay organized when you have an overview of your workload for the term or semester, when you know what you need to accomplish in the next week to ten days, and when you set daily goals for yourself on your "To Do" list.

You need to set your priorities. Sometimes you need to sacrifice one thing to do another one. But, in terms of examination, do not ignore the least fav subject just to focus on the other one. One of the biggest mistake some of students make is studying for one subject and letting the other go and just hoping for the best.