Skills to Enhance Personal Success (STEPS) · • Mini Steps: End Procrastination, Build Good Habits… –Free for IPhone –Helps you admit when procrastinating, why, and solutions

Your ACADEMIC SUCCESS matters!

Time Management

Skills to Enhance Personal

Success (STEPS)

Student Success and Leadership Centre


Your success matters! At the Student Success and Leadership Centre we recognize that your idea of success is unique. We are here to contribute to your academic success as well as your personal growth:

• Experiential Learning

• Leadership and Volunteer Experiences

• Programs for Orientation and Mentoring

• Study Skills

• Writing Support


Introduction

• Balancing the demands of university can certainly be

challenging and overwhelming at times!

• Students must learn to manage their stress, which often

arises when you start to put off tasks and slip into

procrastination.

• In this session you will learn a few techniques for

scheduling, setting goals and managing procrastination

habits.

• Students are encouraged to take notes throughout the

module.

Student Success & Leadership Centre

Overview

1. This module will provide information on how to schedule and

prioritize, set goals, and tackle procrastination habits.

2. Time Management skills are applicable in many areas of your

life, including academics, work, and leisure.

3. The main objective of this unit is to discuss and learn to apply:

Prioritizing, Goal-setting, Avoiding Procrastination

techniques.

4. Students will also have the opportunity to test themselves on

their mastery of the content by completing a quiz at the end of

the module.


1. Scheduling & Prioritizing

• We often think we can do much more than we are

actually capable of in a certain amount of time. This is

known as the planning fallacy.

• Besides academics, you should also nurture your

physical, mental, and social wellness. This can

include exercising, eating nutritious meals, engaging in

self-care, and staying in touch with friends and family.

**Key to Success: The best way to stay on top is to

prioritize tasks and responsibilities.**



Agendas & Planners

• Agendas and planners can

be helpful tools to help you

get organized.

• If you prefer to use your

phone, download an app or

use your UWin email

calender to say on top of

your tasks.



Master Task List

• Take your course outlines as a

starting point to create a master plan

for your semester.

• From there, you can break it down

into monthly, weekly, and daily to do

lists.

• Visit www.uwindsor.ca/steps, click on

Free Resources, choose ‘Semester

Schedule Excel Template’ to print a

copy of the master task list.


http://www.uwindsor.ca/steps

1. Scheduling & PrioritizingCreating a Semester Schedule

• Remember to add designated slots to complete

readings, assignments, test review, and other

activities.

• It helps to allocate specific time slots in which to

complete tasks. By assessing how long each task will

take, you are less likely to overestimate how much you

can realistically accomplish, and you will be less likely

to experience procrastination and feeling guilty about

unfinished tasks.

• When assigning time slots for your tasks, remember to

tackle important tasks when your energy is high.



Study Breaks

• You should aim to take regular

breaks during the week – for leisure

time and meals, as well as short

five-minute breaks every

30-60 minutes while you are working on completing your

tasks.

• Those short and frequent breaks are a good way to

refresh and keep going – rather than get frustrated or

tired and put off your incomplete task.



• Example of a weekly student schedule

Reflect: Could the student have improved their Wednesday schedule?

Did the student leave anything out of their week?


2. Goal Setting

• Goals can help you prioritize and

accomplish both small and big tasks.

• Additionally, a well-articulated goal can

offer you a plan of action to reach the

desired outcome.

• By outlining the steps that go into

accomplishing your goal, you are more

aware of the effort you will have to put

in.


2. Goal SettingGenerally, S.M.A.R.T. Goals should be:

– Specific - Do you know exactly what you want to

accomplish with all the details?

– Measurable - Are you able to assess your

progress?

– Attainable/Action-Oriented - Is your goal

within your reach given your current situation?

– Relevant - Is your goal relevant towards your

purpose in life?

– Time-bound - What is the deadline for

completing your goal?

• S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym to help you

remember this tool.


2. Goal Setting

• After this module, take the time to write down your goals for

the semester: grades you want for each course.

• It will help you make the right decisions throughout the

semester. Keep in mind these goals and be proactive to

achieve them

• Having set your goals, you will find it easier to say no to

additional tasks and responsibilities that can distract you from

accomplishing your goals.

• For instance, when deciding between two volunteer

opportunities, you may settle on the one that adds to or lines

up most closely with your goal achievement.


3. Procrastination

• This can be a deal breaker for planning and

prioritizing.

• Setting goals and marking down study time slots in

your agenda can help you keep your bad habits in

check, but it is equally important to understand the

cause of your procrastination behaviours.


3. Procrastination

• Often we decide to do

something that seems to be

more appealing, but

unfortunately we can come

up with enough of those

activities to come

dangerously close to our

deadlines.


3. Procrastination

Recognize when you are procrastinating

• On average, we waste about two hours each day.

• Where do your two hours go?

• Some of the most popular

procrastination activities

include napping, watching

Netflix, and browsing social media.


3. Procrastination


Understand why you are procrastinating

To tackle procrastination, it is important to understand

why it is happening.

• Are you bored or exhausted?

• Is this task overwhelming and you think that you are

going to fail?

• Did you put too many tasks on your to-do list?

• Is there anything else happening in your personal life

that is keeping you from completing your task?

3. Procrastination

Intervene and be proactive!

• Choosing temporary “wants” over things you should do

can lead to over-commitment and feelings of guilt.

• Try to find strategies that help you overcome your go-to

procrastination activities.

• For instance, if you are browsing social media instead of

attempting an overwhelming task, it may be best to put

away your phone or disable your internet connection and

to seek out support from a peer, TA/GA, or your

instructor.


Review1. Time management is an important skill set and highly

relevant in most areas of your life.

2. Goals can help you prioritize tasks and create action

plans to accomplish those tasks.

3. S.M.A.R.T. goals are specific, measurable, attainable,

relevant, and time-bound.

4. Procrastination behaviours can often overshadow the

underlying reasons for engaging in procrastination in the

first place. It is important to understand why you are

procrastinating!


Useful Phone Apps

• Mini Steps: End Procrastination,

Build Good Habits…

– Free for IPhone

– Helps you admit when procrastinating,

why, and solutions to stop

• My Class Schedule

– Free for Android

– Notifications for upcoming classes,

exams

– Colour coded timetable

– Can include all events


Reminders…

• If you haven’t yet, we would like to invite you to complete

the LASSI and the VARK online learning assessments.

These tools help assess how you learn best!

• To request the links to these assessments or to book an

individual appointment to review your results, please

email [email protected]

• If you have questions relating to the material discussed

in any STEPS workshops, please email

[email protected]


Reminders…

• For more information and

resources related to time

management, visit

www.uwindsor.ca/steps.

• STEPS offers a variety of

interactive study skill workshops

as well as individual consultation.

• For support with academic issues,

remember to seek support from

your instructors and

teaching/graduate assistants.


http://www.uwindsor.ca/steps

Bonus Marks• The Time Management quiz qualifies for bonus marks for the

following courses:

– 01-01-220 (Investigating the Contemporary World)

– 01-01-150 (Effective Writing I & II)

• Be sure to complete all required fields (Name, course code,

professor name, etc…)

• Students must correctly achieve a 60% or better on the quiz in order

to qualify for the bonus mark.

• The quiz must be completed by the last day of class within the

semester the student is taking the course.

Fall: December 6, 2017 Winter: April 6, 2018

Intersession: June 18, 2018 Summer Session: August 20, 2018

STUDENT SUCCESS AND LEADERSHIP CENTRE

Your SUCCESS matters!

There are many ways to reach us:

[email protected] [email protected]

www.uwindsor.ca/stepswww.uwindsor.ca/success

519-253-3000 extension 3471Dillon Hall, Lower Level

@UWinStudentExp


http://www1.uwindsor.ca/lifeline/

http://www.uwindsor.ca/success

Quiz Time!

Be sure to test what you just learned!

Take the Time Management QUIZ!!


https://uwindsor.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8wuYemLmvSarRgp

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Skills to Enhance Personal Success (STEPS) · • Mini Steps: End Procrastination, Build Good Habits… –Free for IPhone –Helps you admit when procrastinating, why, and solutions