College Student Time Management

There’s only 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week. On average, the college student student gets 8 hours of sleep a day and 16 hours to go to school, eat, socialize, and study. Full time students take around 12-18 credit hours; part-time students take less than 12 credits. To say in the least, our time each day is limited yet it is out of habit that we wake up to a productive morning for obligations like work or school. For a college student, time management is in the works; we are in that trial-and-error mode now. We are able to learn more about ourselves, what we can do, and how we plan things out so that when we graduate, we enter the adult world “ready” for life.

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As a commuter, 19-credit semester, pre-medicine track, religious education teacher, VSA president, choir pianist and cellist, student worker and university social media team, and older brother, I visually do a lot of things. Time management is something I still have not mastered yet, however I hope to think that I have learned it better than most people.

An agenda notebook and/or huge calendar is necessary to stay on track. If you are me, you have 2 calendars and one agenda. It’s a lot, but in order to be on time for events and know whats happening ahead of time, it is nice to have a monthly view of your schedule.

Don’t rely too much on your phone or laptop for reminders. You may become too dependent on them and if you forget your charger one day, then you may be in trouble! If you are me and have bad eyes already, looking at phone and computer screens all day can be tiring and dry your eyes out.

Prioritize. School first. Test and quizzes are first. Make time to get important things done first and sacrifice things you know are unnecessary or can be done later.

Be a happy person. I am able to do the things I do because my mindset is fine. Try to look at the best of things and be forgiving. Your mind will be clear of worries and you may perform better in tasks that require focus and attention.

Things I honestly need to work on:

• Sleep. I know I don’t get the full 8 hours of recommended sleep. Probably a little more or less than half that amount daily. I know I must put this as priority and I am working on doing that.
• Eating. I am at that point where I forget to eat lunch sometimes. I simply don’t get hungry and don’t think about food. In order to function well, I need to eat and replenish myself. Again, this is a priority that I am working on! 🙂

All in all, time management is something that I am not successful in. However, if you wanted to know how to do many things in an organized way, hopefully this blog post served its purpose!

Happy Fall Break!