Managing Your Time,
Energy, and Money
Time Management
• How would you define it?
• Planning, scheduling, and structuring your
time to complete tasks you’re responsible for
efficiently and effectively
Attention
• Even if we schedule tasks, if we don’t give
them our attention, we not be achieving the
results we want
Managing Yourself
• Managing your time
begins with managing
yourself
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Your energy
Your behavior
Your attention
Your attitudes
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• TEDTalk by Andy
Puddicome
Time-Saving Tips
• Have a plan for your study
session; include time
allotments for each topic
or task
• Capture distractions by
writing them down to
attend to later
• Keep track of what things
distract you (texts,
Instagram, Snapchat,
family)
• Work offline when
possible
• Take a couple minutes to
organize your workspace
before you begin
• Learn to say “no”
• Slow down
• Use a timer
• Reflect: Which of these
do you already use?
Which might you want to
start using and why?
What time issues do you
face?
Time, attention, and energy
management
• How are these things related yet different?
• Which applies to each student?
– Jane has an essay for her English class due tomorrow. She
has had three weeks notice but hasn’t done any research,
pre-writing work, or writing.
– Sam has a biology test tomorrow but his girlfriend broke
up with him last week and it’s all he can think about.
– Joe has a history paper due
tomorrow, but he played Call of
Duty with friends until 3 AM the
night before and is too tired to
research or write.
Ways to be mindful of your energy
• Examine your “peak”
hours
• Get enough sleep
• Eat energy rich foods
Time Self-Assessment
• Complete the Exercise
4.1 (pg. 114) and pg.
115
• Reflect: Ideally how
much time should you
spend studying? Do you
have that much time in
your current schedule?
How much time do
spend studying
currently?
Planners and To-Do Lists
• Put in major due dates
with reminders in a
Planner
– Book
– Phone: calendars and
reminders
– Email: calendars and
reminders
– Try to “scaffold” or break
large projects or tests into
more manageable, smaller
tasks
Make a to-do list for the next week
• First: Brainstorm what
“big” goals or projects or
deadlines or coming up?
• Think about: What
smaller tasks can you do
each day to reach these
goals?
• List them all and assign
priorities to them (see A,
B, C figure on pg. 122)
• Create to-do list
Procrastination
What are the most common reasons you
procrastinate?
Tools to Combat Procrastination
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Keep track of your excuses
Break your projects down
into smaller, more
manageable tasks
Start with the easiest or
most enjoyable aspect of the
task first and just begin!
Resolve any issues keeping
you from working (quickly).
Set realistic goals about how
long or how challenging
something might be to
accomplish
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Shut up your inner critic and
overcome fear.
Get tough on yourself and
just do it!
Make a deal with yourself.
Spend just enough time to
see progress.
Acknowledge
accomplishment with small
rewards.
The Effects of Procrastination
• The Art of Procrastination:
https://vimeo.com/54721778#embed
Time, Attention, and Energy
Management
• Using Feedback: Part of studying and
completing projects has to do with how well
you understand the negative and positive
feedback you get.
• Procrastinating often leads to feeling anxious
and ashamed of the work we produce.
• These feelings are feedback we get from our
actions.