These weekly interviews with Baylor students will offer timely and effective study tips. In the season premiere, Son Pham gives his top time management tip.
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I can tell this was taken around 5:15 because of the creepy Pat Neff bells in the background, I love looking at the bears (they make me happy!!), and my planner has been essential to my successful start in the new school year.
ReplyDeleteThis semester I've been keeping up with my readings and this seems to have helped me out a lot. I've also cut back on distractions.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I would be LOST without my planner. I am a very GOLD personality type where everything has to be organized and neat. If its not in my planner chances are I would remember when it was to late.
ReplyDeleteThis video is awesome. I love that you are hanging out with the bear. I've been doing much better about dealing with managing my time.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see a video of someone who manages their time well that isn't an academic superstar...A profile of someone who has responsibilities(not all academic) and can manage and be successful even though their goals are of a different nature. I have a planner and so do many students(nothing new). I think the key is making it habitual to actually pay attention to it;To be as specific with time slots for each activity. Treating each slot as if it were another class. Definitely need to train oneself not to just adopt the method, but take it seriously too.
ReplyDeleteI feel like to-do lists are much more helpful than planners because every semester i always fill one out but i never check on it and miss due dates and forget about tests. This summer i found that lists really help me. At my job i had a list of about 20 things that were always changing on sticky notes on my computer, but since i got to actually see them i got them all done. It trully helped me out. Also I agree with the other people about picking someone more relatable. I feel like a premed that can jugle more things that i can even imagine makes me feel dumb or worthless for not being able to do it all.
ReplyDeleteHere's a time for Linda Wong's positive affirmation - e words, if you will. "Pre-med students use planners to stay on target with meeting their goals. I will be Effective and Efficient in my study habits because I will use a planner. I will be Even more Effective because I will use sticky note to-do lists on my Baylor email account." You can find that on your email by going to the top navigation bar View>To-Do Bar. Try it.
ReplyDeletei agree! Planners are super important so you don't forget things!
ReplyDeleteHe seems like a person who is always on top of things. He has to be that way because of his major and minor. Personally I don't use a handwritten planner I use my phone because I am always looking at my phone.
ReplyDeleteI have to say this...regardless if your major is pre-med and minor is chemistry, or after school program is chambers, a planner is essential to have whether handwritten, dry-erase board calendar, or in your phone. A planner goes beyond academics. It helps sort out every day life. It teaches you to organize, responsibility, stay focused, meet "deadlines" and "be on time", planning ahead, a tool for time management, and it protects you from PROCRASTINATION. I went from using a hand written planner to a dry erase board calendar. It is useful and handy, plus I can erase and rewrite times if they change, and it saves paper. It also saves my brain from being on overload plus if I forget something due to stress or whatever, I can look at it, and all the info I need will be there. I use a system designated by colors. Red: exams, important deadlines, Blue: birthdays, Green: holidays, Black: every day life activities such as work, appointments, dinner with friends, family/friend visits from out of state, when I head home, etc. I write the class or event, time it will begin and end, location, and arrows underneath if it goes longer than a day (like holiday breaks). It sounds overwhelming but when you look at it, it's not. However, it's a system that works best for me! My dad to this day uses a hand written planner for work, family events, etc. In fact, his planner overwhelms me with all the business meetings and events he has marked in it. However, he has a system and as long as he can follow it and get the things done when they need to be done, it's what matters. Have a plan, have a system, get it done, and on time!
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