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6. Make a ‘To-Be-Done List’ for every day: One’s list of important goal-directed
activities, one’s inefficient use of time, one’s already scheduled time, and one’s
assignments due this week, one needs to decide on one’s priorities for each day of
the week. Then start scheduling activities in one’s ‘free’ time, giving priority to the
most important. Some activities must be done at a specific time, e.g. an appoint-
ment to talk to an advisor. Other activities need to be done but can be done at any
available time; they are simply listed to be done (which means one has to leave
some ‘free’ time).
7. Following one’s daily To-Be-Done List. Learning to make daily schedule realistic, which
means one schedules what can and needs to be done and one actually does those things.
One has to be flexible; new things will come up each day that requires attention. But the
basic point is simple: work on highest priority activities during most of the ‘free time’
each day.
8. Lastly, one cannot manage time. One can only utilize time. Research has shown that
one of the most effective time utilization strategies is to follow Stephen. R Curvey’s
‘time management Matrix’ and learn to put first things first.

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