5B: College Time Management

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Doing my time study this week has showed me many things. First, I sleep about 49 hours a week which is probably normal, I spend about 17-18 hours on homework/studying, and I spend over 30 hours in free time. I have recently just gotten a job at Dunkin Donuts and will be starting training soon, so I know I might not have as much free time. But in the free time that I had, I could also be studying more and not just hanging around all the time. Right now in the school year, I don't have a lot of homework in which I'm doing for hours at night, but in the future I might have classes where I will be spending long periods of time not only doing homework, but studying as well. I know that sometimes I procrastinate and do things the last minute, and it is a bad habit of mine that I need to reconsider not procrastinating so much. I had a history quiz this week, and probably didn't spend as much time studying for it as I should, and I know that because I didn't know some of the questions on my test. However, this has showed me that I want to take my studying more seriously because I want to get good grades in college and I know that I can if I put effort into it. I can eliminate procrastination while still allowing for some downtime by planning something fun to do or that I want to do just to "chill out" and say that I can only do it if I have all my work done for my classes by that night I plan something. I could also only allow myself to watch TV when I have completed my work. To plan out my week, I will do my homework the night that it was due and not wait until the night before it is due. I think if I do this, the next day I won't be worried about having to finish it or even starting it. From this study I learned that I will have to manage my time more than I had to in high school, because it is way different and between all the other time I spent outside of class and everything else I do, I need to make a lot of time to get my work and studying done so I can become a successful college student and person in the future!

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