12417 Organising your time
In this chapter you will learn:- how to minimise the stress of studying;
- how to organise your time to make better use of your thinking and
writing skills; - how to get more done in less time;
- about the importance of planning to relax as well as to work.
Although our new retrieval system means that we will have to organ-
ise our time more effectively, it doesn’t necessarily mean that we
will have to find more time. It’s just that we will need to work in a
more predictable, routine way, so that we can find regular time slots in
our week to do these things that will so improve our thinking and
writing.Why plan?‘Why’, you might ask, ‘do I need to plan my time, when I always get
my work done on time anyway?’ It’s a good question that we ought
not to dismiss cheaply. The simple answer is that, although we might
believe we don’t plan and don’t really need to, the fact is we all do it
anyway, one way or another. We might not sit down, draw up a piece
of paper and write down the times we plan to do things, but we
still do it in our minds. We have a rough idea what work we’re
supposed to be doing at various times throughout the week. You
might even be a list maker: someone who sits down once a week to
compile a comprehensive list of those things that need to be done in
the following week and then sets about to work their way through it
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