The Process Of Improving Time Management - 1198 Words

The Process of Improving Time Management The goal of my personal development project was to better my time management and to see if I could implement a good schedule before the end of term. I chose this goal because of the hectic lifestyle I have. At the beginning of this project, I was playing soccer at a competitive level for which I have to train five times a week. I was also working part time. During the beginning of term, I was not satisfied with the quality of work I was producing for homework and often disappointed myself. Being so tired and stressed from school was also affecting my performance at work because I was overwhelmed with the stress from anticipating everything I needed to accomplish for school. I decided improving†¦show more content†¦The quadrant system is made up of four different categories: urgent important, urgent unimportant, not urgent important, and not urgent unimportant. The user divides her tasks into these categories, then creates a schedule to achieve her goals.(Beck) Prioritizing gives more purpose to the things the user does, helping her realize what her goals truly are by forcing her to consider how she spends her time. This idea makes time management a skill that can be relevant to everyone. A study conducted in Taiwan about how retirees use their free time found that the retirees were happier and more satisfied with their days when their time was scheduled. Stating, â€Å"Quality of life is not affected as much by the amount of free time that a retiree has, but on how effectively the person manages this time on hand.†(Better Management Of†¦) Once I had prioritized my goals, I used a pre-made day planner with detailed time slots to format my schedules for the following day. Eventually, I learned that it was more helpful to use a notebook instead of the day planner because my time was already so structured from set time blocks, such as classes, soccer practices, soccer games, and work. The two methods I tried were Time Blocking and the more ethereal method of scheduling activities to accommodate brain patterns. At the end of each day, I used a journal to log the day s events. I would reflect on how it