Time Strategies

Time is an abstract concept yet we all stick to it.

Alright, enough smart sounding words. Let's talk about time management.

 God I really need to work on my time management.
Here's the best advice I could boil down from what my peers and my lecturers told me and what I've read about on the internet:

  • Do tasks as you get them, not before the due date
    • Seems pretty obvious but you'd be surprised how much willpower it takes to start a task as soon as you're told about it
  • Even better: Work ahead.
    • The nature of our MD module lets us work way ahead, we have all our tasks laid out for us, with a rough schedule to stick to, but we can do them ahead of time
  • If you're working in college, try to separate yourself from your friends for the time.
    • Let's face it, you're not gonna get anything done when you talk to your friends about what you did last weekend over two hours. Move away and get stuff done

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  1. Dillon Eagers6 October 2019 at 11:47

    Hi Pawel
    I really liked reading your blog on time strategies,as I found last Semester sitting close to my friends during lectures and labs limited my attention to the topic as I kept getting distracted by talking to them. I do believe it is about moderation though and you do need time to mix with people also when not listening to a lecture of finishing up a weekly lab. I believe this in the long run will benefit us more when it comes to more communication based assignments such as for group work. Overall though good content and I am looking forward to reading more about it in the future.

    Dillon

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  2. Devilish David7 October 2019 at 13:33

    Hey Pawel

    I really enjoyed reading through your blog about the importance of time strategies because I know very well how hard it is to focus on the work and have enough time to be able to get it done. I really think that the information you gave on time management was very good and informative but also simple and sweet which really gave me a lot of information good ways on going about getting my work done and how I will use it to plan for the future.

    David

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