However, in college, you can't.
Therefore, here are some ways to manage your time!
1. Purchase and USE a daily planner!
- It's easy to buy a planner. The prices normally range depending on what type of planner you want but they can be really cheap. I've bought five. However, it wasn't until my 5th planner that I realized I needed to actually write my assignments, meetings, and other plans down for it to actually be useful.I also realized I needed to look at it everyday to remind myself of my plans. The more you look at something or write it down, the more you'll likely follow your plan.
2. Finish during the day, relax at night.
- This advice is really simple, and it's the most helpful advice I've received during my years at UVa. I'm more tired at night, and would rather go relax with friends instead of staying up late doing my homework. Therefore, I would work on my assignments after class and stop at dinner time.
- Do this every weekday even if you don't have anything due the next day. You can use that time to get ahead on other assignments.
- Fun Friday: If you don't feel like doing any homework on Saturday or Sunday, you should at least be productive on Friday! Friday is still a weekday, and homework/projects are still heavily embedded in your mind. Meet your friends at the library for a study group. You guys can study and work on your assignments for a few hours, then go to dinner, see a movie, etc. Do something fun!
3. Reward yourself!
- Study hard for a test, finish a project, get ahead in class, or something else productive, then reward yourself by going shopping, sleeping in, or dinner in Downtown with your friends!
- Reading a few pages in a book is not a good reason to reward yourself. Reading a few chapters in a book is definitely a good reason to buy a cheesecake milkshake from Cook Out.
You need to study for at least 1-3 hours for each credit hour. If you're taking a 3 credit hour class, you need to study for at least 3-9 hours a week for that one class.
If you're taking 15 credit hours, you need to study for 15-45 hours that week.