In this chapter we asked you to track your time for one week as a way to think critically about your time-management skills.
The Monday schedule reads: 7:30AM Woke up;
8AM to 9AM Drove to campus/breakfast;
9AM to 10AM Biology 101;
10AM Coffee, texting;
10:30AM Read for Algebra class;
11AM to 12PM First-Year Experience 100;
12PM Surfed online;
12:30PM Lunch;
1PM to 2PM Economics 125;
2PM Drove to work;
2:30PM to 5PM Work;
5PM Drove home;
5:30PM Dinner,
6PM TV,
6:30PM to 8PM Read for Biology;
8PM to 9:30PM Did problems for Algebra;
9:30PM to 10:30PM Read for First-Year Exp;
10:30PM to 11:30PM Down-time/texting;
11:30PM Went to bed.
The Tuesday schedule reads:
7:30AM Woke up;
8AM to 9:30AM Breakfast/streamed TV show;
9:30AM Drove to campus;
10AM to 11:30AM Algebra 115;
11:30AM to 12:30PM Biology study group;
12:30PM to 2PM Lunch with friends;
2PM Went to library to study;
2:30PM Texting/social media;
3PM Read for Econ (10 minutes)/texting;
3:30PM Texting/social media;
4PM to 5PM Biology lab;
5PM to 6PM Read for Algebra/did problems;
6PM to 7PM Texting;
7PM Dinner/drove to work;
7:30PM to 10PM Work;
10PM Drove home, Studied for Econ quiz (10 minutes), Crashed – fell asleep on couch.
After you have completed the time tracking activity, answer the following five questions:
