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Time ticks on students' schedules
Daily calendars help plan day's 86,400 seconds
Melissa Lacev / KANSAN
With time at a premium, college students must keep track of their schedules in great detail. Daily planners and calendars can help make sure that busy students accomplish all of their plans.
By Robyn J. Wherritt Special to the Kansan
Telissa Lueckenotte calls her daily planning calendar her "best friend."
"It never leaves my side," said Lueckenotte, Blue Springs, Mo., sophomore. "I practically sleep with it, when I sleep."
Lueckenotte is one of many students who manage time by keeping track of responsibilities in a daily planning calendar.
Lueckenotte is an architecture major, a member of an architectural fraternity, a member of a sorority and a community service volunteer. She also works approximately 15 hours a week at the Riverfront Plaza in Lawrence.
"My only problem with time management is procrastination — just like most college students," Lueckenotte said. "But for architecture majors, the studio consumes your time, so I had to learn not to procrastinate."
College students feel a lot of pressure and stress because of homework deadlines, papers and tests, meetings, social situations and other responsibilities. It is difficult for students to always use their time in the most efficient way.
For those students who do not know how or have trouble managing their time correctly, the Student Assistance Center can help. The center provides information and workshops on time management.
"In the workshops, we try to teach the students to make 'to do' lists and then prioritize those lists," said Laura Morgan, assistant director. "Time takes care of itself. No one system works for everyone, but everyone needs a system."
Time management is like a bank, according to a KU Organizations and Activities Center brochure, which the assistance center provides. The brochure makes this analogy: If you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86,400 but carried over no balances and canceled whatever you had failed to use, what would you do? Draw out every cent—of course.
"Well, you have just such a bank, and its name is TIME," the brochure says. "Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off as loss whatever of these you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries no balances. Each night it closes the record of the passing day. Each
Time Management
Here are some tips from materials at KU's Organizations and Activities Center, fourth level, Kansas Union:
- Plan your day with a general schedule and one or two things you would like to accomplish.
Concentrate — go someplace where you will not be interrupted.
Take a mental break by doing something physical.
- Avoid perfectionism. Concentrate on doing your best.
- Keep your study area neat and tidy.
Avoid clutter that can cause distraction
- Learn to say "no" to requests that do not fit with your goals.
Delete time wasting activities and bad habits.
Learn to delegate the challenging and rewarding tasks.
Avoid the workaholic syndrome. Do not let work interfere with rewarding things such as family, friends and fun.
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day it opens a new account with you. If you fail to use the day's deposit, the loss is yours."
When Lueckenote needs a break from her stressful life, she goes to Clinton Lake and sketches, or she goes out with friends.
"I make time to relax and enjoy my social life," Lueckenotte said.
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