Month: November 2012

Subject: Missed midterm (MTH2003/Section DTC)

Hello Professor Reich,

I was absent from class last Monday, November 12th, the day the midterm was scheduled due to an illness. I have a note from the doctors explaining my absence; if you’d like to read it, please let me know and I will bring it to our next class.

Please let me know if the midterm can be rescheduled,
Wan Yin Lee
Math 2003
Monday/Wednesday 2:55 pm – 4:35 pm

I will admit that I do procrastinate a lot , but I feel that even though I do this, I am able to manage my time well. Going from high school to college, the type of work you do changes, and I think the change helped me to better manage my time. Although I still sometimes put things off for last minute, I am able to start projects and assignments a week in advance now because I have a better view of time management. Even though sometimes I feel that I work better when I put things off until the last minute, managing my time and starting a week earlier does have its benefits. I feel that now when I start my assignments earlier than their due date, I have more time to fix mistakes and add anything I need with enough time and I know I’m not being pressured by the time limit of a few hours before it’s due

I am so happy I was able to received a lesson on time management, it really opened up my eyes to what I need to do first and what I should not put off. Ever since then I have managed my time so well and been able to fit everything into my schedule with time to spare to do whatever I want. Hopefully I can keep this up for the rest of the semester and for the rest of my school life, possibly even my life.

 

As you can see by the lateness of this post i am not very well at managing my time. Handing in reports on time has always been a difficulty for me. I am just a big procrastinator, I didn’t even realize this blog was due until today. I wish to get rid of my procrastination habits and become a better time manager through college. I am sure becoming a better time manager will help me later on in life.

I feel like I have very good time management skills but I just lack the motivation to actually carry out the tasks in a timely manner. I tend to put things off until the last minute or until the moment where I need to force myself to complete the task because there is no more time. Although I always wait until the last minute, I usually (most of the time) do what is necessary to finish whatever it is I’m doing on time. However, the process of rushing myself may have degraded the quality of my work. I continue to mentally set schedules for myself and practice my time managing skills.

This is supposed to be a time management blog…right? So why am i posting this after its due? Do i know anything about time management at all? Do i know anything at all? Am i stupid? The answer to all those questions is no. Im amazing. And i have my reasons. This is late because of the damn hurricane. I have no frickin internet and its very hard for me to do my work. I will hopefully get power back asap. Damn Sandy Cheeks. Anyways, time management is very important if you want to do this efficiently. I hate it when people make lists and write schedules of things they need to do. Although it may be handy, it feels too restraining to me. I like to train my mind by making myself remember by myself. It usually works out, im getting better and better at it as the years go by. But, even for a kid who likes to procrastinate like me, time management is crucial in every day life. Whether its homework or social life or even work, time management is very important. When i make plans with my friends to go out on Saturday nights, time management plays a huge role. I have to coordinate where and when we should go certain places. I need to figure out how long we should be at one place and when we should leave in order to have the best night possible. So even know people think time management is not for them, everyone does it every day without even noticing. Without time management, everything would be a mess.

Usually, I tend to leave things to the last minute. However, since I’ve been at Baruch I’ve been trying to keep everything organized and of course doing my work on time. Every now and then like this blog post I do things last minute. Sometimes its good to do these assignments last minute because I don’t take breaks and generally tend to be focused, but on the other hand I do rush at times. I feel as if I waste a lot of time online which isn’t always good. I like taking breaks between doing my work. Cramming a bunch of information before isn’t good. I usually study for half an hour or hour and then take a twenty minute break. I hope I continue keeping up with all this work, and handing everything in on time.

I love Baruch and so far it has been a great experience, but lately only one thing has troubled me. Time management has become one of the most difficult things for me to deal with in college. Procrastination has made it even harder for me to get things done. I’m not saying I don’t accomplish things because of it, instead it has taken a toll on my overall performance. I am a girl who likes getting things done in the best way possible, however, when I leave things to the last minute it usually doesn’t end well. I just hope to manage my time more effectively in order to perform better in school, ultimately leading to higher grades. My solution that I have put in place for myself is creating a calendar that will help me organize my tasks. I hope that with practice I will get better at managing my time and it will become a routine.

I guess it’s kind of ironic that I’m going to write about time management and this assignment is almost a week late. I thought that time management would be easy before college started. It’s difficult trying to figure out what my priorities are because to me, everything is a priority. After doing the time management worksheets, I realized how much time I wasted on the internet and things that aren’t productive. I feel more motivated to spend most of my time on school and I’m trying to get back into reading. Now that finals are a month away, school should be my primary focus.

Let’s be honest, who doesn’t struggle with time management? I’m the type of person who likes to get as much sleep I can, I love to hang out, and do nothing for hours in front of the television. I even have time management problems in the morning because of my lengthy showers. It’s the hardest thing in the world to leave the hot showers in the cold mornings, especially now with the weather getting cold. I hate procrastinating, and that’s one of the things I really want to change about myself. I want to get into the habit of making a schedule and really sticking to it.