7 Flexible Day and Week Scheduling

It is crucial to manage time as we approach midterms as it really is the first time university will provide feedback and we can see what direction we are taking. However, if we schedule too rigidly we may make ourselves anxious. Planning for completing the course successfully, including your skills to organize due dates, manage time spent on homework, and everything else, will make it easier to succeed. Here is a three step process to make it happen. On a daily basis, identify those things that you:

1. Need to do?

As a human you create a flexible schedule for getting up and getting enough sleep, connecting with family and friends, meeting the social obligations that come with being a member of a group. As a member of this course, you have things that you need to do and times when they need to be done.

2. Want to do?

We all have activities that we really want to take part in. It is sad to realize that you missed a social connection, dinner, or party because you forgot about it.

3. Don’t have to do?

This can be what other people want you to do but which doesn’t fit for you. Being able to decide when to not do something can be an important way to ensure that you have the time to do what you need to do and want to do.

A list of what you want to accomplish each day is a good way to start. It is easier to adjust time on a flexible timetable than on a fixed one. Sometimes, making a flexible timetable to give ourselves a chance to reschedule a particular list in a period of time of things allows us to stay calm and become more efficient.