HON 110: Time Diary and Time Management Assignment
Keep a
diary of how you actually spend your time. Over the next two weeks, use
the weekly calendar to record how you have spent your time. Be sure to
have each day of the week represented (so at least 7 of the 14 days).
Here is a calendar to use: but note- I only copied a calendar that goes
from 6 am to 1am- but if you need to show all 24 hours, be my guest, and create
your own.
Before you start, list 8 categories of activities that are very important to you (sleep,
eat, study, practice piano, work, grooming, star gazing, reading for fun,
watching TV, exercising, attending class, …) -- that you have as your priorities
for how you plan to spend your time in college.
Write these at the top of the weekly calendar. Estimate about what % of the time you want to
spend on each in YOUR IDEAL WEEK. Write
down your ideal %ages.
Then for
each hour of each day for the minimum of 7 days, you should write in WHICH of
these priority activities you did. If
you did something other than your 8 priority activities, then write “other” (If
you want to try to keep track of the other things, you can.) For this exercise, you can only list 2
activities MAX per hour (even if you did more- choose the top 2) and then when
you figure percentages- you have to split the hour in half. If sleeping was included in your 8 (hope so),
don’t forget you may have actually slept during some of the time not showing on
your schedule.
At the
end of the week, figure out percentages for each of the 8 activities, plus
other. If math is not your forte, be
sure to ask me or one of your friends to help you figure out these
%s before you compare actual and ideal.
Written
Assignment: Read the Prompts for Essay D. Choose one and also incorporate these points
into the prompt you choose.
1.
Compare your ideal and actual percentages. Did you come close to your ideal? Why or why not?
2.
Do you feel happy with your time management so far in college? How is it different from high school?
3.
Are there areas that you feel like you need to work on? What are your ideas?
4.
Did you use any of the tips described in your readings? If so, what was helpful? What did not work for you?
5.
Do you plan to use the same time management for the rest of the
semester? Why or why not?
6.
Turn in your completed weekly calendar.
This does not count as one of the pages J.
7.
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