Managing Your Time

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Why do we set short term goals when we know our long-term goals?*
- We set short-term goals as a means to bide our time while we wait for our long-term goals to arrive.
- Your short-term goals break down your long-term goals and will help you to achieve them in the end.
- Short term goals are not necessary because we can already envision our ideal long-term goal.
What is one acronym to keep in mind while managing your short-term and long term goals?*
- (A.I.M.) Ambitious, Inspired, Motivated
- (A.C.T.I.O.N.) Always Complete The Immediate Objective Now
- (S.M.A.R.T.) Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timebound
When building our schedules we should…*
- Set honest and realistic expectations.
- Be confident by setting high expectations of ourselves.
- Adhere to the schedule as strictly as possible and not give ourselves any leeway.

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At the beginning of the semester write all of your major assignments down on a calendar. At the end of the semester reflect on whether or not this helped you manage your time.

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3 responses to “Managing Your Time”

Bethany Sparks September 16, 2016 at 6:25 am Permalink | Reply

I think writing out my tasks for the day will really help.
Amy Xu September 30, 2019 at 11:28 am Permalink | Reply

Marking out midterms, finals, in-class essays and things didn’t feel like it had much of an impact on the more detailed planning of my day to day list of priorities, but once the days drawled nearer, it helped me stay more conscious of them and made me give myself more time in advance to prepare.
1. Chapman Learning Commons October 25, 2019 at 11:21 am Permalink | Reply
  
  Hi Amy,
  
  That is great to hear! Thank you for your feedback. If there is anything you found more helpful, please let us know in the comments below; we would love to hear more from you.
  
  Thanks so much!

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