How you manage your time reflects what you value—what is most important to you and what consequences you are willing to accept when you make certain choices. For instance, if you value time with friends above everything else, your academic work likely takes a backseat to social activities. How you manage your time also corresponds to how successful you will be in college and throughout life. Almost all successful people use some sort of calendar or planner to help them keep up with their appointments, assignments, tasks, and other important activities. Using your memory as your only planner—trying to remember everything you have to do without recording it anywhere—means that you will probably forget important events and deadlines.