LibGuides: College Success Strategies: Time Management

Manage Your Time

Do you manage your time well? Take one (or all) of these assessments and find out!

Do I Use Time Wisely? (PDF)
Evaluate your time management skills, from LSU.
How good is your time management?
Self-assessment that allows you to analyze how well you manage your time.
Time Management Skills Test
From Psychology Today.
Where does time go?
Calculator that lets you evaluate how much time you spend on different activities in your daily life.

BSC Presentation: Time Management in Ten Minutes

Library Bay State College. (2018). Time management. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/238988804

Watch this brief video and then explore the tips below to learn how to manage your time well.

Michigan Technological University. (2016, August 26). Student success-Time management [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUO8Qvcs7cY&feature=emb_title

45 Time Management Tips for Students
Collection of 45 tips to help students manage their time effectively and minimize distractions
Time Management Tips
Tips on time management, setting goals, and avoiding procrastination.
10 Strategies for Better Time Management
Strategies to help you spend your waking hours most effectively, from University of GA Extension.
Principles of Time Management for Well-Being, Balance, & Success
Advises time management that aligns with your values, from Princeton University.

In addition to creating a weekly schedule, you might find it useful to create a daily schedule AND a semester schedule. This handout explains the uses of short (daily), intermediate (weekly), and long-term (semester) schedules.

How to fill out a weekly schedule
Directions on filling out a weekly schedule, from BSC's CLAS.
Weekly Schedule Template
Blank weekly schedule template, from BSC's CLAS.

If you struggle with procrastination, you aren't alone! Read through these resources to discover why you procrastinate and how you can stop.

One of these days I'll stop procrastinating
Article that explains how to break down major projects into something manageable
Procrastination
Why we procrastinate, and how to stop, from UNC.
Procrastination Management
Turn procrastination into progress, from Oregon State.
Put off procrastination
Series of modules that discuss how to prevent procrastination
Understanding Your Procrastination Habits
Assess your own procrastination habits and get some tips on overcoming them.
What is Procrastination?
What procrastination is and how to overcome it.

There are many tools available to help you stay on track: apps that let you block time-wasting sites for set amounts of time, apps and calendars that you can use for due dates, and project management tools.

Cold Turkey
Allows you to block access to websites for a certain period of time
StayFocused
Chrome extension that limits the amount of time you can be on certain sites per day.
Strict Workflow
After you set this Chrome extension's timer, it will block certain sites until that time runs out.
Anydo
App that has a to-do list, reminders, and calendar integration. Basic version is free.
Google Calendar
Free calendar where you can add key events. and set up reminders. You will need a Google account.
Remember the Milk
To-do list app that you can sync with Google, Evernote, and Microsoft Outlook
Toggl
Track how you use time and projects with this free desktop tool and app (for both Apple and Android)!
Trello
Excellent project management tool--create boards with cards to keep track of projects
Microsoft To-Do
Check your "Apps" in Office365 for this app. Planner, to-do list, set reminders.