The topic is about the personal challenges and techniques about time, task and environment management. I do meet some challenges in my learning in everyday life. I cannot find a stable time for study, and the tasks are always accumulated together because of my procrastination. My study environment is also not so ideal, which is too comfortable for me to study.
Time& Task Management
The biggest problem is procrastination. I want to introduce a method to manage time and task. The first one is ABC123 methods. This is a simple, but powerful method of managing the events.
- List everything you need to do on a paper.
- Write “A”, “B” and “C” before the events you listed. “A” means something important and urgent and you must finish it at first. “B” means something important but not so urgent. “C” means something not so important or urgent. But the value given to items will change due to the change in your life.
- Use 123 to show the order of things you should do in each group. Put 1 next to “A” means the task is the first thing to finish in all tasks labeled as “A”. See below.
Environment Management
Changing the study environment may be necessary to improve efficiency. We can use brainstorm, assess, experiment, reflect and adjust try to find out a better place (Globokar, 2015). For example:
- Brainstorm: Library on campus, café on campus, a restaurant near my apartment and my apartment are good choices.
- Assess: The café is also crowded, and the restaurant is not available for technology, where the Wi-Fi is not so good.
- Experiment: After the experiment, my apartment is also not a good choice.
- Reflect: When I have enough sleep, libraries are the best choice, and after I finish all the tasks in the library, I can sleep early.
Reference
Globokar, J. L. (2010). 3 Getting Organized. In Introduction to Online Learning: A Guide for Students. (pp. 29-44). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc)