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Time Management

by Sarah Gould

clock.jpgToday was the first day of school. It was a little overwhelming time-wise on top of being brand new everywhere else. I have class on Mondays from 11:30am-6:30pm with a two-hour break in between the 2nd and 3rd class. Today I couldn’t be as productive as I wanted because a) I didn’t actually have two hours, and b) I couldn’t get online because I didn’t get all my stuff taken care of like I thought I would. Tomorrow I have a one-hour break (10-11am) and am going to try to get my student ID made as well as my ODIN (email) account secured. This will help me with future time management issues I may have. I’m really sure you all care to know what I’m doing on my “lunch” break tomorrow. *shakes her head* Sometimes I wonder about my own self.

It’s 9pm and I’m only future-posting by 11 hours. That’s rare for me. I wanted to use my two hour break to get some posts ready for the rest of the week, but that didn’t happen. I now write for two 451Press blogs, and while I am thoroughly enjoying it, time management wasn’t something I had to worry about before school started. I could write at work, I could write at home in the afternoon/evenings and I could get everything done and still have plenty of time. Learning about 451Press’ new payout schedule today (fellow 451 writers, isn’t it exciting?)

Tonight I had to get home (traffic in downtown Portland at 6:30pm is not fun) and then take care of a financial issue (just writing a letter) and then I had to do homework! Homework! For the first time in a year (I did take a class last fall, but it’s been THREE years since I had to write a paper!) I had homework. I’m spending tomorrow evening away from the house and so I wouldn’t have had time to write it then, so I tackled it tonight.

So, I need to re-learn how to manage my own time. I’ve been successful in the past with it, and hope that eventually I’ll slide back into an old routine, but today it’s been quite overwhelming. Eventually I’ll find a place to sit for two hours during my breaks and either do homework or future-post. Hopefully. Maybe.

After I write my other article tonight I’m hoping to do a little time-management “research” to see if I can’t find some great (and some silly, perhaps!) pieces of advice for the rest of you struggling to find enough hours in your day to get everything done!

[tags]mental & emotional health, 451 press, eating disorder talk, life as a Christian woman, depression talk online, time management, Portland State University, education, school, back to school, writing[tags]


Posted in 451 Writers, Change, Education, Links, Stress on September 25th, 2007

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