Sunday, September 25, 2011
Task/Time Management
The strategy that I decided to use this week was the D's Do and Due Organizer and I used it in my AST 101 class and in my MAT 121 class. The reason I chose this strategy is because I felt like the organizer would help me to avoid procrastinating by setting times for me to do my work. At the beginning of the week I went to my planner and I drew a line down the middle of the pages and I labeled the left side of the page "Do" and the right side "Due". I then wrote all of my assignments that are due this week on the right side. I wrote in my AST online homework, my AST pre-lab assignment, and my MAT test on the appropriate days. I then wrote in on the left side when I was planning on completing or studying for those assignments.
This strategy was did help me not procrastinate but I have never really enjoyed using a planner. Constantly getting it out and flipping through the pages to the right date becomes somewhat of a hassle. I found that my other method that I have been doing before i started the D's Do and Due Organizer is much more convenient for me. I use a to-do list app for my iphone called 2Do. I am constantly looking at my phone throughout the day and having all of my tasks organized there is much easier than carrying around a planner.
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I have used that app before too and it works amazingly. If you are planning on using the Do's strategy however look at my post on Sam's blog. Also, maybe you should only use the Do's strategy on a large monthly calendar for long term projects. This is what I do and I leave it on my bulletin board to keep myself on task with long term projects.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much had the same approach to the organizer. I wish I had an iPhone to get that app.
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