Time Strategies

Henry David Thoreau Quote: “I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
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For the Time Strategies readings, I read Four Questions to Help You Overcome Procrastination by Peter Banerjea and 11 Ways Unsuccessful People Mismanage Their Time by Aine Cain. I chose these articles for two reasons. First of all, they are both set up as lists. For some reason I really love lists. It’s easier to find the things that relate to you personally than reading a winded article that might be hit and miss. Also, both of these articles deal with procrastination. This is something I’ve dealt with a lot, especially in my first three semesters at OU. There was a point that I got so stressed out that I wouldn’t even begin assignments. So, Banerjea’s article resonated with me more.
In Four Questions, Banerjea states that sometimes the hardest part of any project is simply beginning. I have found this to be true, and for the last couple of years have tried to not wait until the last minute to get things done. For example, a lot of people are daunted by the process of writing a paper. I actually can like the process sometimes, but I can still feel a bit lost at the start. I’ve found that as soon as I get an outline done for the paper, even if it is to change a lot, I feel more confident and have an easier time returning to it. You hear it all the time, but it truly is better to get your work started as soon as you’re given an assignment. Banerjea also asks how procrastinating will negatively affect your life, and I think that is a great thing to keep in mind.
Cain’s article reminded me of my clarinet professor. My professor made all of her students buy planners and, depending on how bad the student was at dictating time for certain things, made us plan anywhere from when to practice each day to planning out everything we would be doing that day. So, when my life was falling apart, I was one of the students who would plan when to eat lunch, when to study for sociology, when to do music theory homework, etc. It sounds crazy, but for someone who was really bad at procrastinating, this saved me. It’s an idea if anyone really needs some help! Honestly, my life has gone so much more smoothly since starting my assignments early.

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