Time Management for College Freshmen

Thesis Statement:

Scheduling and managing time wisely are important for a freshman college student. If you miss important appointments and deadlines you will cause complications to both your academic and social lives. This causes anxiety, frustration, guilt, and other nasty feelings.

The brochure and hand-outs are not going to tell you how to study more and socialize less, although in some cases you might want to consider it. Instead, it will suggest how to make the most of your time and personalize it to fit your tastes and activities. 

So you need to set your priorities. This is pertinent for busy schedules. One way that you should consider is a daily do lists. This will allow you to plot-out variety of tips on how to save time and enhance the time that you have.

Managing your time you first need a clearer idea of how you use your time. This will help you to estimate how much time you currently spend in typical activities. To get a more accurate estimate, you might keep track of how you spend your time for a week. This will help you get a better idea of how much time you need to prepare for each subject. It will also help you identify your time wasters.

Following a time management plan will show the amount of time you spend on various activities. This will give you the total time spent on the activity in one week.

Difficult tasks usually result in avoidance and procrastination. Sometimes you need to set achievable goals, but they should also be challenging. There will always be people both weaker and stronger than you.

Prioritizing your responsibilities and engagements is very important. Some people do not know how to prioritize and become procrastinators. A "to do list" places items in order of importance. One method is the ABC list. This list is divided into three sections; a, b, or c. The items placed in the A section are those needed to be done that day. The items placed in the B section need completion within the week. The C section items are those things that need to be done within the month. As the B, C items become more pertinent they are bumped up to the A or B list. Try it or come up with your own method, but do it.