TOPIC 3: TIME MANAGEMENT

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Definition of Time Management:

      Time management is an act of planning and exercising conscious control over spending and dividing your time between specific activities. Good time management enables us to work smarter - not harder - so you get more assigned tasks done in less time, creating and chasing opportunities, lowering our stress and helps us focus at university and work. Having the ability to managing your time wisely improves another aspect of your life as mastering the skill of time management increases productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness in your routine.

Importance of Time Management

Procrastination

How do we define procrastination? The image taken from the Oxford dictionary below explains what 'procrastination' is.

              To explain "procrastination" precisely, procrastination is an act of avoidance to complete a certain task that needs to be accomplished by a certain deadline

There are various reasons to why people tend to procrastinate:

• Laziness
• Overwhelmed by the amount/difficulties of their tasks.
• Worry about failure.
• Worry about success.
• Being rebellious toward the individual who assigned the task to them.
• Being a perfectionist.

There are also various remedies to cure the vice of procrastination:

• Prioritize the most urgent tasks and pay less attention to tasks that are not important.
• Manage your time by making a timetable.
• Seek advice or assistance from people around you on how to manage your time.
• Always focus on the deadline of your task.

Activity 3: Personal schedule

We have been instructed by our lecturer to create a weekly schedule to manage our time wisely

Activity 4: Managing so much work

Based on your schedule in activity 3, highlight your activities to differentiate the urgency to do it.

White - Not important nor urgent
Green - Important but not urgent
Yellow - Both important and urgent

 My weekly schedule. Click the image to see the schedule better.