Web Resources
These resources show you practical steps and guidelines for implementing your goals and priorities:
Priority Setting: First Things First by the University Counseling Center at Virginia Tech. Key methods for effectively setting priorities, such as numbering tasks that must be accomplished in order of importance, and then staying focused on the most important task before working on the next ones.
Effective Planning Strategies by the University of Guelph. A variety of strategies are presented, such as creating a master timetable that factors in class schedules, recreation, study time and spacing out the study time for optimal learning and focus.
"Top 40" Study Strategies by the University of Guelph. Strategies cover "Time Management," "Listening and Note taking," "Textbook Reading" and "Exam Preparation." To illustrate, here's a strategy from the time management section: "Break tasks into smaller, more manageable jobs (Example: Week 1 = Essay outline, Week 2 = Research, Week 3 = Rough Draft, Week 4 = Final Draft)"
