Process Essay: Ways to Handle Your Time

Ways to Handle Your Time

         Most college students have difficulty in managing their time well. They say that a well-thought time management is the key to success in life. We should handle our time wisely and think about it seriously to be more productive. Some ways to handle time wisely will be discussed here on.

         The first thing you should do is to set your goal. Do not set goals which are too high that you would not be able to do it. You can set questions of what your future will be. Examples are: “What will be my job in the future?” and “What will I do to sustain my future family?” The second thing is ask yourself if what you are doing is actually worth your time. Get rid of everything that wastes your time. Most students tend to waste their time. They do the things which are less or least important first. Examples are playing computer games and opening facebook, friendster of multiply accounts even if it is unnecessary. You should do the most important things first. If you need to throw something you cannot control yourself from using, throw it to help you in your time management. From time to time, you will need to cultivate your enthusiasm to be able to follow your schedule and to eliminate your laziness. There will come a time that there will be obstacles to your time management. One is procrastination or when you delay your tasks which need to be done. Always remind yourself by telling yourself, “Do it now!” (Pavlina, 2006). This is a way to eliminate procrastination. If you are always using a computer or a cell phone, you can set wallpaper with this sentence. Sometime you will be depressed; you blame yourself for your failures and others’. Whenever you have this feeling, just be active. You can go to parties or hang out with your friends and ask them to entertain you and your depression will be gone but not instantly. You need time to do its job. There are times that you will fail but do not let it be a reason to discourage you. Make it a reason for you to try harder and you will notice that it actually helps you manage your time because you will be taking opportunities and it will save more time. You will always gain knowledge and experience if you take opportunities. Sometimes you will need to choose from two important tasks that need to be done in a short period of time. What you need to do is to remember your goal, then do the task which is more important and more benefiting. An example is when you are scheduled for a medical check-up but suddenly too many assignments came up. You should consider some questions like what will happen to your health when you postpone the medical check-up.

         Important factors for time management are patience, awareness and analysis. Always be patient to follow your schedule and be aware of your strengths and weaknesses. Always be aware of the time. Analyze each task that you are about to do.

         In conclusion, always remind yourself of your goal and always tell yourself “Do it now!” Identify the obstacles to your time management and deal with them accordingly. Manage your time wisely.

Reference:

Pavlina, S. (2006). 15 suggestions to handle time problem. Do It Now.              Retrieved July 7, 2009 from http://www.timeanalyzer.com                /lib/doitnow.htm

Reflection:

In writing this process essay, I have decided to write about time management because I realized that most of the college freshmen lack proper time management. I saw that many of them were laid back because they are just adjusting to college. By writing this essay, I hope to get my message to other college freshmen. This would be a big help to others. The message I wrote in this essay also had an impact on me because I too was laid back like the other college freshmen. After learning about this, I have learned to quit the things that only waste my time. I had a big interest in writing this essay so I tried my best to make it easy to comprehend and as meaningful as I can.