Goal Setting
After Mrs. Terrell’s class about time management, I decide to review my
study methods and if I was being well organized. I realized that one of my two
big problems was to consider my biological prime time, since I’m an athlete;
it’s hard not to feel tired when arriving at home and thinking about all
homework and things from school that I have to do. So, to make sure that I
would be able to have energy to focus on each task, as soon as I get home I eat
a snack and take a nap for about 30 minutes. In the beginning I slept too much
and woke up late, or after waking up I felt more tired than before. But now,
the thirty minutes are helping me a lot, I feel much less tired and more
willing to perform my tasks.
Other difficulty that I had was to avoid daily activities that wouldn’t
give me any long-term consequences, like watching a movie or another thing for
fun. It was really hard for me to start doing my work, also because I was tired
and didn’t want to do anything. Before I start studying at ISC, I knew that it
would be tough to combine my studies with my practices, and adapting to the new
routine, new schedules, types of tests, projects and homework wouldn’t be easy
too.
I believe that I can improve my time management and avoid some other
things that are still making me waste my time; spending less time on social
networks is one of them. A situation that sometimes makes me a little
frustrated is not being able to spend as much time playing basketball like
before, when I think about it I just let basketball pass in front of the
studies, but I’m working on this.
Prioritizing my schools tasks, after taking the nap, is helping to notwaste my time on useless activities and I started to organize my schedule in away that is good for me and that will not interfere with my studies. I feelmore confident about what I’m doing, before I set goals, I always forgot to dohomework or felt lazy and barely studied for some quiz. Now the results areevident to me, even doing everything I need, I can sleep with a clearconscience and a sense of accomplishment, I eat well and have fun with myfamily or maybe watch movie. School tasks are not as scary as before, and Ilearned that we will not always be feeling well and willing to do everything,everyone has bad days, we need to respect our body and organize our lives in away that does not leave us stressed or make us feel incapable.
-Time Management Tips for Student-Athletes
-Time Management Tips for Busy Student-Athletes
-Time Management Tips for Student-Athletes
-Time Management Tips for Busy Student-Athletes
