7 Time Management Tips for Students

7 Time Management Tips (for students)

Some students have a very difficult time keeping up, and all at once realise that they didnt specify enough time to study or revise. This happens all too much, but rest assured you can fix this.

‘Time management refers to the way that you organise and plan how long you spend on specific activities.

Managing your time effectively can have the following benefits (among many others)

- Greater productivity and efficiency
- A better professional reputation
- Less stress
- Increased opportunities for advancement
- Greater opportunities to achieve important life and career goals

Failing to manage your time effectively, can have the following negative impacts:

- Missed deadlines
- inefficient work flow
- Poor work quality
- A poor professional reputation
- Stalled career
- Higher stress levels

Effective Time Management Techniques:

1. What do you have to do?
State one of improvement means listing what you need to do. By this, I mean EVERYTHING. Do the most important tasks first, leave the easiest last. Include all your deadlines, shifts, etc. Make note how much time each priority will take.

2. Create a life schedule.
This can be a calendar, a timetable or a calendar on your technological device. Anything that can organise is a good idea to have to remind you of what you need to get done. You can also download many time management apps on the App Store and the Play Store

3. Be flexible but realistic.
If something takes longer than expect, allow extra time in case you need to spend longer on a task. Full-time students need A LOT of hours per week, so properly schedule them according to your course.

4. Allow time for planning to avoid repetition
Before writing an essay (or other assessment), plan it out for a day. Make points of what youre going to discuss, small details of how you can broaden your work.
This way you will have a reference point and can refer to it easily the next time you begin your assessment properly.
This will ensure you get all of your research done prior to writing.

5. Avoid Procrastination and distraction.
Find a place that you are most focused – this can be a library for example.
If you focus better with music, do that too. It is all up to you to find the lest distractions possible.

6. Exercise
Exercise has been proven to work just as sleep does. It focuses on your state of mind to clear your head and boost your brain power. If you fit in 10 minutes minimum between study – you will notice results with lower stress levels.

7. Reflect on your organisation.
If you find that what you have done hasnt worked, figure out what went from. Learning from this will ensure that next time you can try to get it right. We are all learning here collectively, so take this time to reflect on all of the above, and note what worked and what didnt.
This will give you time to make changes if necessary.

Information drawn from:

MindTools

TopUniversities
and my own experience as a university student.