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College Survival Skills

TIME MANAGEMENT

a. General strategies

  • Breaking bad habits
  • Practicing new habits
  • Making commitments
  • Rewarding self for successful time management


b. Effective scheduling

  • Balancing family/social/recreation needs with study needs

c. Academic planning strategies

  • Long-term versus short-term tasks and projects


d. Procrastination

  • Ways to combat procrastination

Suggested Activities

  • Complete a schedule of how learners spend a typical week.
  • Begin and maintain a planning calendar.
  • Discuss how to solve time management problems.

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