Managment

Reflective Assignment 1: Time Management

It is described very well in “Becoming a Mastery Student” that we all have enough time in a day to finish our daily tasks. In order for us to have enough time we need a proper plan. In order for me to see what I was doing that I wouldn’t have enough time and I was unable to complete my studying requirements I was given a Chart for tracking my activities through out the day. After filling the chart in I observed that I had couple of strengths that was helping me to go through school and keeping my self on track. One of the strengths I observed was that I was trying to pay attention on any free time I had so I can catch up on my readings or any type of studying. For an example, transportation, I take the bus to school and that is 3 hours of the distance so I started and will continue to do some of the reading on the bus. By the time I get back home instead of 6 hours of studying I have to study for only 4-3 hours. Another example is work, I get 1 hour of lunch time where I used to watch useless shows on the TV where as now I go in an office and study or work on an assignment for that one hour so by the time I go home I don’t have to worry about the hour that I had to study.

Having many strengths I also have some weaknesses. My number one weakness is the Internet. Every time I take a 10 minute break in between my 1 hour of studying I go on the internet. The time I go on the internet it is not for 10 minutes it comes up to be for 30 minutes. That is how I waste some of my study time. Looking at the chart for tracking my activities it also shows there that my computer usage just in 3 days is 3 hours. Another weakness I have is going against my day planner. I usually have a list that I do before my day starts so I know what I have to accomplish through out the day. Some times many other distractions other than the internet make me go against my day planner. The way I am able to do that is that I can not say NO. Many...