Hello everyone!
This week helped open my eyes more on ways to beat procrastination and better manage my time. My favorite assignment this week was creating and tracking what I did for 24 hours for 7 days. This time sheet assignment helped to breakdown activities into categories and see where I spend most my time and if I need to reallocate that time to another task. I would urge any college student that is having a hard time completing assignments ahead of deadlines to try tracking their time!
One thing in particular that I am sure most of us do in our free time is play on our phones, whether we actually should have that time or not. Over the past 7 days I noticed that I probably spent one or two hours on my phone each night and I could have used that time to try and get some of my school work done as opposed to procrastinating and waiting until the day my assignments were due. On slide 22 of Lesson: Module 3 there are recommendations for reducing your digital distraction. The one that stands out to me the most is placing your phone in another room when working. This is a suggestion that I plan to make use of immediately to see if it may help to reduce my distractions and the amount of time it takes for me to complete my assignments!
As a student that has always waited until the last second to complete my work I hope you take my advice and try tracking your time for just one week. You never know, it might surprise you. You should try it even if you are not a procrastinator. It’s just as important to have down time to enjoy yourself as it is to have enough time to study! So be sure you are spending your time wisely! Procrastinator or not it’s also a good idea to unplug from social media and technology when trying to get school work done. The less distractions the faster or easier your assignments could be completed!