Time Management

       Well I don’t really know if I’m doing the right assignment right now…but I saw on a couple other peoples’ blogs in my class writing about time management, so that’s what I’m going to do :)

	Professional Presentation	Algebra	History of Art	Interpreting Cultures	Inquiry	Field Hockey	Homework	Eat and sleep
Monday	7:10-8	9:10-10:00	10:10-11:00			Practice: 2:30-4:30 or Game	6 hr	7hrs sleep 1.5 hrs eat
Tuesday		9:05-10:00		11-12:15	12:25-1:40	Practice: 2:30-4:30 or Game	2hr	7hrs sleep 1.5 hrs eat
Wednesday	7:10-8	9:10-10:00	10:10-11:00			Practice: 2:30-4:30 or Game	4hr	7hrs sleep 1.5 hrs eat
Thursday				11-12:15	12:25-1:40	Practice: 2:30-4:30 or Game	2hr	7hrs sleep 1.5 hrs eat
Friday	7:10-8	9:10-10:00	10:10-11:00			Practice: 2:30-4:30 or Game	4hr	7hrs sleep 1.5 hrs eat
Saturday						Game	4hr	9 hrs sleep 2 hrs eat
Sunday							8hr	10 hrs sleep 2hrs eat

       I have written about time management in earlier posts, but only about how important it is and how I want to improve on it, so this is me showing you how I manage time. Above is a chart of my life. There is 168 hours in a week, and in that amount of time I have to fit in classes (15 hours), homework/studying (30 hours), field hockey (about 18 hours, not including travel for away games), and food and sleep (65.5 hours)—HA!  

       In total I am using about 128.5 hours, which leaves about 40 hours of free time. That doesn’t seem like a lot compared to what I use to have. This has been the hardest transition to college. In high school I used to have a lot of free time to relax, but in college there’s no such thing relaxation, unless you want no social life. Those extra 40 hours I have a week will be spent out! I didn’t put these hours on my chart because they aren’t set in stone, I could use them whenever I want.  

       While doing me chart I discovered there really isn’t any room for procrastination, which if there was an Olympic game in, I’d b a gold medalist. I made it through high school doing homework 5 minutes before class and writing papers the night before there due, but I have been told over and over again that this just wont cut in college. To make it through college its not just, “ok I’m going to do my work now” it’s a change in character. I have to go from “I don’t feel like it now, I’ll do it later” to “No, I’m doing it now.” Taking that leap, will take me one step closer to life.