Assignment 2: Organizing Your Time for Success Before You Begin… To successfully complete your assignment, you should have completed the following tasks: From the textbook, Keys to effective learning: Study skills and habits for success , read: Time and money: Managing important resources Setting and reaching goals: Using values, stress management, and teamwork Review materials under the topic of “Dealing with Stress” Review materials under the topic of “Time Management” Your education is definitely a priority, as is your job. Family, friends, hobbies, and religion are also priorities for many people. However, having many competing priorities can be stressful. To tackle this, mapping out deadlines, blocking out time that is “non-negotiable” such as that spent at work, and blocking out time for study and other responsibilities, and then creating a visual reference—a calendar—would be well worth your effort.  In this assignment, you will develop a calendar to highlight key dates, deadlines, and nonnegotiable blocks of time—your work and coursework schedule. For inclusion in your calendar, consider the following activities and appointments: Nonnegotiable dates, such as when your rent or mortgage is due Healthcare appointments  Pressing deadlines for work projects Deadlines for class assignments Deadlines for your FAFSA application, if you need financial aid. Refer to Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). (2010). Retrieved from http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ Dates connected with your income such as paydays at work Family events and appointments Time for sleep, personal hygiene, and relaxation It may take some revisions to come up with the calendar that works best for you, but once completed, it becomes an effective time management tool. In turn, this becomes a vital part of your learning plan. This assignment has  two  parts. Complete both parts. Part I: Develop Calendar for Four Days The first step in time management is to find out how you actually use your time. This Time Management exercise will help you discover exactly that. Here’s how the Time Management exercise works. You will track your time for four days using this  Microsoft Word template . You will plan each day in advance based on how you think it will turn out. Then you will track what actually happens in your calendar. Using your notes, itemize your calendar with the events from the four-day period that you were tracking. Please make sure to appropriately label each item.  Save this calendar as LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2_Part1.doc . Part II: Review and Reflection Refer to the calendar that you completed in Part I. If you have not yet completed this exercise, please do so before continuing with the questions below. What did you learn about how you actually use time compared to how you planned to use your time? Did you find places where you tend to ineffectively or inefficiently use your time? Did you find some pockets of time ...

1. Assignment 2: Organizing Your Time for Success
Before You Begin…
To successfully complete your assignment, you should have
completed the following tasks:
From the textbook,
Keys to effective learning: Study skills and habits for success
, read:
Time and money: Managing important resources
Setting and reaching goals: Using values, stress management,
and teamwork
Review materials under the topic of “Dealing with Stress”
Review materials under the topic of “Time Management”
Your education is definitely a priority, as is your job. Family,
friends, hobbies, and religion are also priorities for many
people. However, having many competing priorities can be
stressful. To tackle this, mapping out deadlines, blocking out
time that is “non-negotiable” such as that spent at work, and
blocking out time for study and other responsibilities, and then
creating a visual reference—a calendar—would be well worth
your effort.

2. In this assignment, you will develop a calendar to highlight key
dates, deadlines, and nonnegotiable blocks of time—your work
and coursework schedule. For inclusion in your calendar,
consider the following activities and appointments:
Nonnegotiable dates, such as when your rent or mortgage is due
Healthcare appointments
Pressing deadlines for work projects
Deadlines for class assignments
Deadlines for your FAFSA application, if you need financial
aid. Refer to Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA). (2010). Retrieved from
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Dates connected with your income such as paydays at work
Family events and appointments
Time for sleep, personal hygiene, and relaxation
It may take some revisions to come up with the calendar that
works best for you, but once completed, it becomes an effective
time management tool. In turn, this becomes a vital part of your
learning plan.
This assignment has
two
parts. Complete both parts.

3. Part I: Develop Calendar for Four Days
The first step in time management is to find out how you
actually use your time. This Time Management exercise will
help you discover exactly that.
Here’s how the Time Management exercise works. You will
track your time for four days using this
Microsoft Word template
. You will plan each day in advance based on how you think it
will turn out. Then you will track what actually happens in your
calendar.
Using your notes, itemize your calendar with the events from
the four-day period that you were tracking. Please make sure to
appropriately label each item.
Save this calendar as
LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2_Part1.doc
.
Part II: Review and Reflection
Refer to the calendar that you completed in Part I. If you have
not yet completed this exercise, please do so before continuing
with the questions below.
What did you learn about how you actually use time compared
to how you planned to use your time?
Did you find places where you tend to ineffectively or

4. inefficiently use your time?
Did you find some pockets of time that you could use for high
priority tasks?
What can you do to improve the way you manage your daily
tasks?
How do you plan to manage your schoolwork along with your
other key priorities?
After a few days, review the calendar and the goals you
developed in Part I of this assignment and respond to the
following questions:
Were your daily goals realistic considering the amount of time
you gave yourself to fulfill them? Explain your response.
If you have revised your initial goals after your review, explain
why you think this revision is necessary and how your plans
have changed as a result.
If you have
not
revised your goals, consider what factors you may have failed
to identify in your initial goal setting activity.
Summarize your review in a one- to two-page paper in MS Word
format and save it as
LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2_Part2.doc
.

5. By the due date assigned
, submit both documents—your calendar (
LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2_Part1.doc
) and your reflection and review (
LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2_Part2.doc
)—to the
Submissions Area
.
Assignment 2 Grading CriteriaMaximum Points
Completed a calendar covering 4 days using the Microsoft Word
template.20Explained how you actually use time compared to
how you planned to use your time.20Explained how schoolwork
and other high priorities will be managed and if any
improvements need to be made.20Explained if daily goals were
realistic given time actually spent.16Described any revisions to
goals or scheduling practices if needed or explained why
revisions were not necessary.16Used correct spelling and
grammar.8
Total:100