{"id":6643,"date":"2014-12-05T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=6643"},"modified":"2014-12-01T14:47:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T22:47:47","slug":"spotlight-on-time-management-at-the-end-of-the-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/spotlight-on-time-management-at-the-end-of-the-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on: Time management at the end of the semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/12\/CALLOUT_TooManyBooks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-6644\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/12\/CALLOUT_TooManyBooks.jpg\" alt=\"CALLOUT_TooManyBooks\" width=\"364\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/12\/CALLOUT_TooManyBooks.jpg 406w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/12\/CALLOUT_TooManyBooks-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a>By Liz Roepke, Peer Research Advisor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays: it means I get to go home to spend time with my family, eat delicious food, and forget about my school work for a couple precious days. And for a little while, I can pretend I\u2019m on winter break.<\/p>\n<p>But then I get back to school, and reality sets in. Exams. Class projects and term papers are due. Then even more exams. Where did all my time go?! I thought I had another week to work on that paper! I thought there were a couple more lectures before our test! Ahhh!!<\/p>\n<p>Every year, I tell myself I won\u2019t let myself be taken by surprise when the last day of classes comes around and I have to seriously start preparing for my final exams and papers. Now you might be asking yourself: \u201c<em>But how do I do that? I have so many projects and exams I don\u2019t even know where to start!\u201d<\/em> Here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write out a list of everything you have to do before the end of the semester, when it\u2019s due, and how long it will take you to complete it. While planning for exams, estimate how long it will take you to study effectively for that class. This may vary a lot depending on how comfortable you are with the material!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Then, organize this list by due date so you can see where your main workload will be. If you work or volunteer, include your shifts in this list because they\u2019re obligations too.<\/li>\n<li>For every day between now and the last day of finals week, decide which assignments you\u2019ll work on and for how long you will work on each. Make sure you have enough time to do it all, but don\u2019t overschedule yourself! Don\u2019t plan on spending 20 hours every day writing or studying, because that\u2019s just not practical.<\/li>\n<li>Make plans to study with a classmate. Decide up front what you want you each want to work on and hold yourselves to it! If you know you can\u2019t focus while studying in the Cellar, don\u2019t plan on meeting there.<\/li>\n<li>Find multiple study spots so that you have choices when you just can\u2019t sit still any longer and need a change of scenery. Try the upper floors of Collins Library, Weyerhauser Hall, or Commencement Hall if you haven\u2019t already explored those spaces.<\/li>\n<li>Take a mental break by going to the gym, on a run, for a swim or a walk \u2013 anything to get your mind off your studies and away from a laptop screen for a bit.<\/li>\n<li>Call your parents or friends from home or your peer advisor to get some words of encouragement. You\u2019ve got people rooting for you, and no matter how bleak your outlook is there\u2019s always someone who\u2019s proud of you for simply trying your best! If you think you actually want to talk to someone professional about your stress level, go to CHWS &#8211; they hold drop-in hours from 1-2:30 every weekday if you can\u2019t get an appointment quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Liz Roepke, Peer Research Advisor Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays: it means I get to go home to spend time with my family, eat delicious food, and forget about my school work for a couple precious days. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/spotlight-on-time-management-at-the-end-of-the-semester\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6645,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6643\/revisions\/6645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}