Asalamualaykum Warahmatullah,
As we approach exam season, everything begins to become hectic, whether its because of revision, assignments, family or even leisure.
I am a keen promotor for the importance of organisation and planning.
There are the pros and cons from this in that if you take it too far, it can become difficult to accept spontaneity or last minute turn of events that were unexpected.
However, for me, if you are successful at organisation, you can re-organise the change of plans even though there is always an element of disappointment when plans have been altered.
Regardless of this, organisation is only necessary for when you have a busy schedule with multiple events occurring during similar times, and you need to prepare yourself so that you are not struggling later on.
In this blog, I will be giving 5 tips that I find significantly important for organisation during stressful times, especially for students:
Planning: Knowing what it is you have coming up is extremely important for creating a plan that will provide equal amounts of time for each of your events. For example, if you have a presentation, an exam and an assignment due in days or weeks from each other, and you still have time to prepare, then it is important for you to organise your time in a way that will allow.
Timetable: Personally, I am more of a mental planner where I will spend time contemplating what I need to get done the next day, and how to fit it in. However, for things like exams, I prefer to see the days in order to know how the structure is going to be. This idea can be extended to daily plans, if you are someone who likes to carry a diary and fit it in, or the planners in your phones.
Leave Space: We don't live in a perfect world, where you can plan every little thing that happens, so it is important to not fill your days too much, otherwise you wont give yourself leeway for simple things, or changes of plan. You need to always be ready for your plan to not always go through the way you wanted.
Know Yourself: This is important, especially when applying it to work. If you know that you have a deadline coming up, and you work better with time and no pressure, then start early, know what it is you need to get done, plan your days in advance so that you get an equal amount of time for a hearty break, as well as being efficient in your work.
Be Realistic: This point is linked with the previous point. If you know that you are someone who gets distracted quickly, then you need to be realistic about your time. Plan in accordance to how often you take breaks. If you are doing an assignment, and need to use the internet, but also know that you will probably end up using it for something else, then plan to do spurts of work, where you work for half an hour, then equally have a break for half an hour. Then because you know that your break is coming up, you are more than likely to be practical within the half an hour dedicated for work. This way, you wont be disappointed in yourself by setting standards that you know you wont abide by, and be happier if you do manage to complete your project before its assigned time.
So here is a few quick time organising pointers. If these make sense and offer you some sort of guideline please let me know. If you know any other things that you find important, comment that as well!
:D
There are the pros and cons from this in that if you take it too far, it can become difficult to accept spontaneity or last minute turn of events that were unexpected.
However, for me, if you are successful at organisation, you can re-organise the change of plans even though there is always an element of disappointment when plans have been altered.
Regardless of this, organisation is only necessary for when you have a busy schedule with multiple events occurring during similar times, and you need to prepare yourself so that you are not struggling later on.
In this blog, I will be giving 5 tips that I find significantly important for organisation during stressful times, especially for students:
Planning: Knowing what it is you have coming up is extremely important for creating a plan that will provide equal amounts of time for each of your events. For example, if you have a presentation, an exam and an assignment due in days or weeks from each other, and you still have time to prepare, then it is important for you to organise your time in a way that will allow.
Timetable: Personally, I am more of a mental planner where I will spend time contemplating what I need to get done the next day, and how to fit it in. However, for things like exams, I prefer to see the days in order to know how the structure is going to be. This idea can be extended to daily plans, if you are someone who likes to carry a diary and fit it in, or the planners in your phones.
Leave Space: We don't live in a perfect world, where you can plan every little thing that happens, so it is important to not fill your days too much, otherwise you wont give yourself leeway for simple things, or changes of plan. You need to always be ready for your plan to not always go through the way you wanted.
Know Yourself: This is important, especially when applying it to work. If you know that you have a deadline coming up, and you work better with time and no pressure, then start early, know what it is you need to get done, plan your days in advance so that you get an equal amount of time for a hearty break, as well as being efficient in your work.
Be Realistic: This point is linked with the previous point. If you know that you are someone who gets distracted quickly, then you need to be realistic about your time. Plan in accordance to how often you take breaks. If you are doing an assignment, and need to use the internet, but also know that you will probably end up using it for something else, then plan to do spurts of work, where you work for half an hour, then equally have a break for half an hour. Then because you know that your break is coming up, you are more than likely to be practical within the half an hour dedicated for work. This way, you wont be disappointed in yourself by setting standards that you know you wont abide by, and be happier if you do manage to complete your project before its assigned time.
So here is a few quick time organising pointers. If these make sense and offer you some sort of guideline please let me know. If you know any other things that you find important, comment that as well!
:D
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