How to manage time as a student

A good time management system is a must for a star student. It helps you to become organized and helps you to get more done throughout the day.

What is  a good time management system for students?

A good time management system for students is a system that is simple, only takes a few minutes of your time for planning and can be versatile as things pop up throughout the day. It must also help you to be organized, productive and not to miss things throughout the day.

How to manage your time as a student.

Here is a time management system that is simple, only takes only a few minutes to plan, highly versatile and helps you to become more organised and productive.

For this system we will use your phone and 2 apps in it,

1. Calendar app
2. Note app

Most phones come with these 2 apps pre installed, But if your phone doesn’t have them you can always download them from the ‘Google Play’ store or the ‘Apple Apps store.’

How to get started?

Today - in the morning : Let's start from today. Make a note in your note app and name it “Things to remember” with the date. Now in that note write down to-dos, events, lectures, meet-ups that pops up in your mind throughout the day and upcoming from tomorrow onwards. Make sure to write down the date, time and place of those also.

example : 

Today - before you sleep : Before you end your day, open your notes app and look at the things that you wrote down . Now move those items / events to your calendar app.

Open your calendar app and click on the date and you will see a “+” icon or something  to that where you can add notes and events for that day. Move the things that you wrote down in your “Things to remember'' note to their respective dates. Make sure to write down the time and place inside the calendar dates.

example : 

Tomorrow morning : Now in the morning , open your calendar app and see what are the to-dos, events and other things that are due today. After that open your notes app and make a new note for today with the date. in that note write down the things that are due today with their respective time and place. If you don’t have a specific time allocated for a task, give it a time that is suitable. Make sure to plan time for every task on that note. It is very important. Otherwise you will say to yourself I’ll do it later. ( really?have you ever? )

After writing down the tasks done today, in that note leave some space and then write the topic “Things to remember”. As before, write down the things that are upcoming so you can add them to your calendar tonight.

Just like that, Now you are a student who has an excellent time management system that is better than what 90% other students use. This time management system is so simple yet works perfectly to cover every aspect of time management. Which is perfect for students

one thing to keep in mind when you are using this time management as a student,

Don’t underestimate how much time a task might take. 

Some tasks take more time than you think most of the time. So as a student it is really important that you give each task enough time, otherwise you will not accomplish any time management.

So think carefully when you are estimating time. (Give your meals at least 1 hour)

Author - Sithija Kawishan