Time Management: Analyzing Your Use of Time

Overview/Description
Do you have too much time on your hands? With all of the pressures of modern life, so few people today do. In order to preserve your time, you have to know how to manage it. And the first step in learning how to manage time well is to understand how you make use of it now. This will help you determine where can you be more efficient. This course focuses on ways to analyze your current use of time. It covers how to use a time log to document and then assess your time use. It also describes how your energy levels and personality affect how you manage time, and outlines ways to better manage time in accordance with your personality type and energy cycle. Materials designed to support blended learning activities aligned with this course are available from the Resources Page.

Target Audience
Individuals who want to develop or refresh their time management skills

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Time Management: Analyzing Your Use of Time

interpret the information in a given time log to determine the main time wasters

match tasks to the best time of day to schedule them to take advantage of natural energy cycles

recognize how different personality preferences affect your approach to time