Chapter 3

Managing time can be hard and I know everyone hasn’t used a time managing plan. It's actually very easy to manage time, after reading this chapter. Nowadays, it's all technology, so by any chance, if you have a blackberry or a smart phone, it's a good time managing phone. That's why I'm getting a blackberry on my birthday! I felt that I spend too much time on the computer, phone, and chilling. I felt that I spend too little time on reading, and homework. The most important things I have to work on to be a great time manager is to keep up with homework and managing computer time use. Are you a procrastinator? I know I am a procrastinator but I don’t procrastinate so much that I have to go get counseling. 

The strengths that I have regarding time is that I can plan very well and I have plenty of extra time in my schedule that I don’t use very well. My weakness to managing time is that I usually forget to do them until it’s needed to be done. I really need to remember to do what is needed to be done. The bad habit I’m going to get rid of is surfing the web, using MySpace, Facebook and all of the other network sites. I feel that I spend most of my time there and I really don’t want to feel like that. I rather go outside and communicate with others. For spending less time on the computer, I can spend more time working on my homework, or even studying. When I put Swiss cheese in to action, I had more time to work on my homework and I stopped using the web for a while. I limited myself on how long I can use the Internet. My way of calling Swiss cheese is plow the farm. You have to make holes and plant seeds in it. You have to work on it one at a time and that’s what really counts if you take it slow and easy but get it don’t by the due date.  

When you say something that you need to do, be more precise, such as I’m going to start getting to school on time by leaving the house an hour earlier than I used to leave. A couple more examples would be, I plan to watch TV for one hour and after my TV hours, I’m going to study. I will make a weekly plan and do exactly what I put on the paper. You have to be more precise, or else you wont know what to do or how to do it. It’s like you need the 5 W’s when making plans. I spend more than 3 hours on homework every week. It relates to my goals because I want to have more study time than chilling and sleeping. The reason why I don’t do homework as much is because I like sleeping, who doesn’t? I’m changing that bad habit now.