Effective Time Management: The Importance Of Time Management

Introduction: Have you ever thought why you can’t do your work on time? Have you ever thought you need to stop time to finish your work? Have you ever thought about managing your time and then you didn’t? Have you ever thought why your friend’s GPA is 4 and yours is 2 or even lower? Of course, all students face these kinds of questions. They want to do something, but they don’t have enough time, so how can we solve this problem? The solution is time management. You will say I tried to manage my time, but I failed. Many students think time management means to put our daily events in our life on schedule regardless of their importance or not, which is a wrong concept. They should put only the important things. Effective time management should

First, you need to know how you daily spend your time . So sit and take a piece of paper then start writhing things that you do when you wake up in morning until you go bed to sleep. You also need to write time that you use for each activity. For example , I spend 10 minutes when I ate breakfast. After noting things down , look at activities and time that you took in doing it . Then , start to evaluate these activities by looking at result that you got. You will notice that you did some useless activates , that wasted your time. You will also notice that there are some important activities which you need to provide them with more time. Therefore, you need to analyze results and give appropriate time for each activity. As in above example, I think I need to spend less time like five minutes for breakfast. As Panella (2001) said noting things down, will help you to know where you waste and use your time ,and then manage it. You will see which activity needs more time and which needs less? Second, as you analyzed your activities , you need to set your priorities. You should write or list things that you want to accomplish based on its importance and urgency. Important activities needs more time and effort. As Tolstoy (n.d.) said you need to set your goals depending in your priorities. For example, if you have a math homework which you need to submit it tomorrow and you also have to prepare for a presentation , and the presentation will be next week , How you will set your priorities? You need to write your math homework first because it is urgent, and you could prepare your presentation after writing your homework. you will just take around 5 to 10 minutes writing your homework and about 15 minutes start to preparing your presentation. Doing presentation looks like a big project ,so if you breaks this project in small tasks that you can do them in different days , you will save time and