Stressed? Who me? No way!
• Everyone experiences stress.
• As our lives become more complicated, we find ourselves falling victim to increasing stress and the problems associated with it.
• How can you avoid stress?
• How can you manage stress when there are more tasks to accomplish than hours in the day?

Stressed? Who me? No way
• Most stress is the result of problems with time management
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• Ben Franklin said, “Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.”
• Stress is a bit like that.
• Learn time management and the stress takes care of itself.

• Before figuring out how good your time management skills really are, take a look at how you spend your time.
• Use a daily calendar to track the hours of your day and corresponding activities.
• Do this for 1 week.
• Be honest. Be accurate.

• What do you see?
• How are you spending your time?
• What activities take the most time ?

• Look at your own time use. Are you enjoying activities and still “getting stuff done?”
• “When you are acquiring new skills and knowledge, you model important skills for your kids:that learning doesn’t have
to end when schooling does.”
Psychologist Daniel Willingham
• Check, help, remind—don’t police .

Based on your own findings, examine the following areas of time management and the tips for improving these skills

• Goal setting provides direction & purpose the foundation required to build success.
A goal setting strategy:
• identifies the tasks needed to achieve your goal
• provides a clear time-line of each task for tracking progress
• gives a clear picture of the resources required to achieve your goal.

Goal Setting Strategy
require a clear vision with tasks & mini goals
Steps to setting goals
1. Outline your vision
2. Write down the goals that will achieve your vision
3. Identify the actions supporting your goals
4. Periodically review your goal progress

DIBS
Done in Bold Steps
WHAT YOU WANT—set a goal
TAKE
GET IT DONE IN

• Write big picture goal on paper
• Write down/illustrate all the smaller goals needed to achieve the vision.
• Really THINK about the required steps to achieve your vision
• Make your vision/goal sheet colorful, meaningful, & relevant to YOU

Work
• Without prioritizing you may work very hard but achieve very little!
• “Spinning your wheels and going nowhere” is the end result.
• To ensure you are doing the most important tasks, put
“first things first”.

• Planning reduces execution time and increases the quality of work done.
• Planning occurs at many levels: year-month-day-hour-minute.
• Schedule time for the important tasks.
• Good plans are flexible & effective.
• Planning starts with goal setting
AND transferring those plans into a written, organized format.

PLAN

Dibs this week
School/ career
Time
Slots
7:00
Health/Me
Spirituality
Family 1:00
2:00
Relationships 3:00
Giving Back
4:00
5:00
Fun
6:00
7:00
8:00
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
Mon.
Class
Tennis practice
Work
Tues.
Class
Wed
Class
Class
Thurs
Class
Fri
Class
Dinner w/
Grandma
Sat Sun
Sleep in Run with friend
C.S at
Shelter
Church

Procrastination: the habit of putting off planned activities for activities of lesser importance.
• Over-commitment is a common issue for those who are enthusiastic, dedicated, and ambitious.
• While noble traits, they cause you to overcommit your time, thereby increasing stress.

Everyone procrastinates!
Avoid procrastination by :
Breaking the task into chunks
Keeping a daily plan visible
Involving others in reinforcing good habits

For lecture classes
• Before class: Read all assignments, noting what you did NOT understand
• After lecture: Review notes! THIS WORKS!
• Type and/or organize notes. This serves as a review.
• Trade notes with others
• Combine notes

For recitation courses/ foreign language
• Study/practice just before the class
• Practice with others

Study tips
Reading is NOT studying
Re-reading is NOT studying.
• Highlight or use sticky notes for concepts, main ideas, theories, etc
• Words in
are important
• Headings are important

• Rewriting/typing notes is key
• Review often
• Take notes/rewrite in different colors to organize or differentiate between ideas , concepts
, or
, etc.
• Write neatly & legibly

Study tips
• Find a quiet location
• Avoid the TV, phone, noisy sibs- these distractions detract from focus & concentration
• Find a comfortable place—it can be different *
Willingham

Study tips
SQ3R method
Survey, question, read, recite, review
• Survey the overall picture of what you are studying
ask what, why, when, where, who
• Read to answer the questions ( active, not passive reading)
stop periodically to recall what you read
• Try to recall main points, important ideas/concepts
• Review
- reread confusing concepts. Review notes. Make additional notes if necessary.

Study tips
• Studies on the memory functions of the brain found that studying before you sleep is effective because the brain continues to process & store information while sleeping
• Learn to “get into the zone” when you study- if this method can help pro ball players than it can work for you.

• Keep a journal to record your feelings
• Talk to family
• Make time for a hobby or activity
• Meditate
• Use guided imagery
• Exercise! Yoga, Pilates, & jogging help relieve tension

• Progressive muscle relaxation
• Laughter
• Pet your dog/cat: Proven to lower blood pressure)
• Listen to calming, soothing music
• Aromatherapy ( lavender)
• Deep breathing: Inhale to count of 10, exhale to count of ten (through the nose)

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