The Importance Of Time Management In College Students

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Time management is pandemic-like because it could academically kill incoming freshman students. Many are diagnosed with this combatable disease-like habit. It becomes an ongoing struggle in the college student’s academic life and later in adult life. According to College Express, time management is “basically looking at all your assignments, events, and responsibilities and then planning your time accordingly” (Nazametz). One could say organizational skills are the metaphorical remedies to time management. When still speaking metaphorically, procrastination is the “black death” of time management. However, time management is a potential necessary skill learned over time due to repetition and strategic solutions.

College is a new beginning for all incoming freshmen. From homecoming to parties, different activities can steer students away from completing any tasks or goals they may have. The absence of time management skills can potentially become the catalyst to other problematic issues like procrastination, stress, and academic struggles. Missing deadlines is a product of not having time management skills. In a related entry from The Missed Deadline: Whose Problem is it?, “Why don’t people realize how important deadlines are? Don’t they realize the impact of these actions on

By exercising better judgement academically and socially you stumble upon the crossroads of priorities and pleasures. You are then left with making important decisions that will later affect your time as well your grades. As stated in Assessing Time-Management Skills in terms of Age, Gender, and Anxiety Levels, “Thus, students are required to learn how to manage their time so that they are able to apply the same degree of efficiency in the profession they choose after completing their education” (Kaya et al. 284). By responsibly managing your time, you are able to become users of time management and efficient members of