Your planner should include your schedule for classes, study time, social events, club meetings, exercise time, and any other time necessary to achieve your goals. Keep the planner with you during class and note all assignments along with the due dates of those assignments.  Check them off as you complete them so you know where you are at all times with your projects.

Refer to your planner often – multiple times a day.  Make this a regular part of your routine.  When you get up in the morning, look at your planner to see what needs to be done for that day. 

If you have an appointment, be sure to include a phone number next to the notation in case you have to cancel or change times.

Use a highlighter.  Color-coding can help differentiate between appointments and assignments.  For example, highlight in blue your classes, yellow for assignments, and green for everything else.  The key here is easy recognition.  When you open your planner, you can easily see what needs to be done.

Keep your planner in one specific place.  Organizing your time with a calendar depends on always being able to easily put your hands on this guide.  Keep it in your backpack or by your bedside table.  If you use your computer a lot, keep it beside the computer when it’s not in your backpack or purse.

Write due dates, and then a few days before the assignments are due, write yourself a reminder.  This is especially important for large tasks that take more than a few hours to complete. 

Abide by this calendar every week so you will develop a regular routine while learning how to manage your time.

The planner can be used as a time-bound memory aid, tracking major deadlines and exam dates, appointments, important anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, vacations and so on. But, you can get more out of your planner if you use it to record interim deadlines and forecast upcoming busy periods as final deadlines approach. A properly completed planner will indicate upcoming busy periods, show whether there is room in the plan for new tasks, and help you assess whether you are on target to achieve your goals.

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