Time Management- How do you spend your time?
Directions: A big problem for many students is that they waste… too… much… time. They play on their phones
too much, they put things off, they’d rather watch T.V. Use the chart below to think about how you spend
your days on a regular basis. Think about the things that you do- when you sleep, when you eat, when you do
homework, when you hang out alone, when you hang out with friends.
Using your memory, try to create the most honest representation of how you spend your time each day. Then,
think about what you can cut out of your life to make more time and hopefully be more successful.
Day of the What could you cut out and still be
Your Activities
Week successful?
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesda
y
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
The Barriers and Solutions to using Time Effectively
1. I spend ________minutes a day getting ready for school/work.
2. I spend ________minutes a day reading.
3. I spend ________minutes/hours at school/work.
4. I spend ________minutes a day trying to organize my day.
5. I spend ________minutes a day eating.
6. I spend ________minutes a day exercising.
7. I spend ________minutes/hours a day watching television.
8. I spend ________minutes/hours a day talking with friends in person on the telephone or texting.
9. I spend ________minutes/hours a day on Facebook or other Internet sites.
10. I spend ________minutes a day on unnecessary interruptions or wasting time.
11. I spend ________minutes/hours a day on school/work related tasks outside my school/work day.
12. I spend ________minutes a day daydreaming.
Answer the following questions. Your responses must be in complete sentences. Your answer should be at least
three to four sentences long.
13. What prevents you from using your time effectively?
14. What can you do to overcome the barriers you’ve listed above?
15. Now that you are home doing long distance learning: How can your barriers and poor time
management skills hinder your success in school?
