To start with in the workshop we had to write down 9 things which we spend our time on throughout a week and give them a percentage for how much time you spend on them.
From this we had to write a list of as many things we could think in the different categories.
From the categories we had to fill out the 9 boxes again but have a separate one for each category and again give them a percentage on how much time is spent on these.
This was to show us how much stuff we actually do within a day/week, but more to the point how much stuff we do that we don't need to do and that is taking up time that we could be using more productively. Out of the three domestic was defiantly the least and probably social had the slight advantage over uni, but only just.
From that exercise we had to go away for a week and fill out these forms we were given. These were different ways to manage our time, we had to take time out on a morning or the evening before to fill these out and then at the end of day write what we actually did. This was for use in the next session.
In the second session, we looked at the information we had collated into more detail and worked out what we doing on each day, finding the percentage for each day.
We split up into groups and had to find the most common things that we did within our group each day and write these down giving them a percentage again. From that we had to come up with a list of things that could improve.
From the session we are to go away and carry on doing the different forms, but only the now which suited us individually the most. I liked the idea of planning my day out by times and writing what i was going to do for each one next to it and how long to spend on it. As you can see below i carried that on for a few weeks.
After these i was finding it difficult to give each task i wanted to complete a allocated time and was finding i was spending more time on some things that i initially wrote down.
So from here on wards i changed my planning to, to do lists, this still took on the principle of planning out what i was going to do each day, but i could be more realistic because there wasn't any time limitations to put on them. I found that this worked a lot more and found it really motivating, the more things i could tick off my list, the closer to the end i knew i was getting and closer to having a free night to myself.
I still use the to do lists now and i do find them really helpful, they help me organise my days and make sure that i get all the work done that i need to. I don't like leaving things un done on my list, so i always aim to finish them within the day i set them!
This proves that these sessions were of use and were successful for me anyway, what i learnt in these i have defiantly taken on board and hopefully balanced my day to day life out more.
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