Learning for Success                 Sarah Clare

Critical Review 

Time management has been in existence for more than 100 years. Unfortunately the term "Time management” creates a false impression of what a person is able to do. Time can't be managed, time is uncontrollable, and we can only manage ourselves and our use of time. (http://www.tsuccess.dircon.co.uk/timemanagement.htm)

To enable me to find out how I can make better use of my time I completed a log of everything I did for one week. I included everything from eating to, working and even sleeping. I found this very interesting to do and found some things quite surprising, such as I find myself traveling 13hours a week some weeks I think could be more. From keeping this log it gave me the opportunity to organize my time a bit better. As stated on www.mindtools.com “Time Management skills are essential for successful people”.  Before starting my Log for the week I planned my week ahead. This plan was completely different to what I actually did throughout the week. I found that I was suited better if I planned my time each day and set myself a goals or a set of goals to achieve by the end of the day. Stated on  “The process of setting goals and targets allows you to choose where you want to go in life.” Setting myself small goals helped me to complete assignments and get them in by there deadlines and manage my time effectively. When analyzing my time log for the week I also found there were some things that I had to give priority to, such as going to work. I had to give priority to work as I had not got much money but this was an important and not urgent task as I didn’t need the money for anything particular and could have spent more time doing research for forthcoming assignments. Prioritizing tasks can be very useful by categorizing tasks into urgency and importance you are more likely to get them done and also gives you an opportunity to control time and not waste it. (Wolf, 2003)  Overall from doing my time log and starting to plan out my days had enabled me to use my time more effectively.   Eventhough something always crops up and ruins the routine or plans for the day. Usually when being disturbed I can never get back on track but I will be able to improve on this by having stronger will power to just get on with the task I am doing.

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