I have had a terrible habit of procrastinating.. Thankfully, I was able to go through high school easily without much consequences due to the small workload. However, I want to fix this asap since I will be starting university in September, and it will definitely take its toll if I leave this as is. I know this is something that won't be fixed in an instant, but it's never too late to start now.

So I want to ask you TL, how do you manage your time? I want to be able to balance school/work/clubs/gaming/gym etc. once I hit university, or is that too much to ask? Thanks guys.

illu

Canada2531 Posts

June 08 2010 01:54 GMT

Stop going on teamliquid.net is a start :D

HaruHaru

United States988 Posts

June 08 2010 01:57 GMT

Well after being in the IB program, I've learned that it is pretty essential to manage your time and the best way to go about it is to set limits for yourself that you are serious about following. I told myself that I can't youtube or game past 6 and it really increased my productivity. Youtube is like the biggest distraction in the world >.> Small things like that and good self control can really help you manage your time better!

13ThirtySeven

99 Posts

June 08 2010 01:58 GMT

On June 08 2010 10:54 illu wrote:
Stop going on teamliquid.net is a start :D

lmao good call, but actually I don't browse here as often as I used to. My interest for SC has dropped tremendously since the huge scandal, but I came back a week ago for info about OSL/MSL finals... anyways let's get back onto the topic

88 Posts

June 08 2010 01:59 GMT

Scheduling out portions of your day for work but also leave large parts of variable time that can be used for work or play.

selboN

United States2523 Posts

June 08 2010 01:59 GMT

Best way I found is to make my classes spread out so I have small breaks in between where I can do homework. If the time is only 2 or so hours I won't waste the time in-transit to go home, so I can get work done on campus. Otherwise, I just procrastinate while pretending to do homework at the last minute.

zZygote

Canada898 Posts

June 08 2010 02:01 GMT

1st year Uni student here,

1. Plan your day ahead of time: Will your project have enough time to be completed before the due date? How much time am I willing to put into this project?

From here you can gauge how much time is invested in school, and what else you will have the time for.

2. Prioritize: Within #1 you've probably thought of priorities, your school work COMES BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE. Trivial things like GF, gaming, and parents can understand. Tell them to shove their shit up their ass, and buckle down and get your shit into gear. Why are you in Uni if you don't take it as seriously as you should?

3. Agenda/Calendar: One of the most useful tools you can have, it pretty much sets out a plan of the week/day/priorities that you need to look at. These things can save your school life from ending up in complete disaster. Looking at this daily, writing shit down as you go can have a tremendous outcome to helping you get organized.

4. Weekends: Do you want to have fun? Do you want free-time on the weekend? Do all your shit beforehand then you can do whatever you want on the weekend. All work and no play is not healthy, while I do take school seriously, you need a break, and even I can understand. Make sure you set yourself for some alone time, 3-5 hours, 1 whole day, as long as you're still set in your priorities its good to have this time to yourself.

This is what I usually do to keep myself from straying out of the wrong path. Just gauge the time of your work to the best of your abilities and in due time, you'll figure out a prime schedule to have balance work/school/life. Good luck!

hellokitty[hk]

United States1309 Posts

June 08 2010 02:36 GMT

Unplug your internet, then go to your SC folder, close your eyes, and start randomly deleting at least half the stuff there, but don't try starting it; in case you recognize the error message.

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

June 08 2010 02:42 GMT

Weekdays make a repetitive process, something like ...

School -> Gym -> Work -> Misc -> Sleep

Weekends you don't really have to plan as much as long as you follow your weekday schedule accordingly. Going in to my 3rd year now and that plan above has worked out alright for me

fulmetljaket

482 Posts

June 08 2010 03:02 GMT

#10

well, if your parents taught you anything like mine did, then this should be obvious, but..........
JUST DO IT!!!!!

if you get a homework assignment, dont come home and play starcraft and "ill do it later" because thats how you get shit grades. speaking from experience here. i didnt learn to "just do it" until the past 8 months or so. it feels sooooooo good to come home from school at like 3:00 PM, do your homework, then have from like 5PM-2AM to do whatever you want [minus work hours, cause i work night shift

]

its shitty... but its waaay better than waiting til the last minute

duckett

United States589 Posts

June 08 2010 03:05 GMT

#11

Just finished first year, came out pretty much hitting everything I wanted to do. I take it one day at a time, thinking about what I need to do tomorrow the day before and trying to pace myself (start work early and its alright to get distracted is my plan). Think about what work you have and how long it's going to take in advance.

Clubbing is fun but set aside some time for it, don't plan to pset on thurs/sat nights. And idk, I love games but I try to set building real life relationships over games like starcraft that can be both emotionally draining and without social benefit (talking about endless iccup binges here not the <3 that is TL). That one's definitely up for debate, but first year college it's pretty important to try to get into things and not spend too much time in your room alone.