5B How I Spend my Time

I was very surprised on where all my time went at the end of the time study. This study definitely taught me that I need to change the way I schedule my day, and really work on time management. One thing that stood out was the amount of hours I spend doing homework versus socializing. This past week I spent roughly around 17 hours doing homework and 27 socializing. This surprised me because I feel like I do so much more homework than that. This study made me realize that I need to start saying no to my friends if I want to get good grades. I do think getting 30-40 hours of work in a week is a good amount especially since we spend such little time in the classroom. With all the time there is during the week it is possible to get that amount of hours in but I do need to revise my daily schedule to make that work.

What shocked me the most was how much time I spent getting ready and eating, which was 24 hours. Usually when I eat I go with my friends and we go to Conn. After we eat we normally sit there for an hour or so just talking. I didn’t realize how much time it wasted though until now, so that’s something I need to change. Another thing that caused problems for me was taking naps. I focus most during the day once it hits 6:00 I don’t like doing homework because I can never focus on anything. The problem is that once I get out of class I take a nap and sometimes I don’t wake up until 4-5. Then when I wake up I don’t feel like doing my work or I do for about an hour until 6:00.

There are a lot of things I need to do to my daily schedule. Like I said before I want to get good grades and be able to get all A’s and in order to do so I really need to change my schedule around. First I need to eliminate the amount of time I spend at Conn because I can be getting a lot of things done with that time. Second I think it would be a good idea if I went to the gym after class instead of taking a nap that way I have more energy and am able to do my work right after rather than sleeping. Overall, I need to focus more on the amount of hours I’m putting into school work because 17 isn’t enough considering there is 168 hours in a week.