Budgeting Student Success

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The ability to manage my time is a necessary tool to my academic success because there is always room for improvement. I am currently working on honing my time management skills by focusing on a topic for extended period of time, until the task is completed. At the moment, I usually manage my work by how long it will take me to complete. This is important to my time management, as if I don't have a time frame, I tend to become distracted by other work. I find that while I am able to work for an extended period of time, the most difficult part is getting started. Yet, once started, I find it easy to keep myself on task. I noticed that I excel in budgeting my time, yet I find I have trouble getting started, and I am acceptable at keeping to …show more content…

I first begin by prioritizing my time, as it is useless to work on something that is due in a week, and to push off something that is due the next day. Once I have my time divided into sections, I start working. This habit has taken a long time to develop, as temptations are rampant, and this has required an immense amount of self discipline. Yet, I find it easy after it was put in to practice, as I strive for constant academic success, constantly. While I certainly do not allow myself to be lazy, I sometimes and a tough task setter for myself, and I find myself unable to complete the listed tasks. This does cause me, at times, to become discouraged, yet I merely pick myself up, and begin again. This comes about, because I have a habit of thinking I can do more than is realistically possible, which creates its own …show more content…

I become so absorbed in my work, and completing my work, that I lose track of the time. While some may consider this a negative aspect, I would like to consider it a positive. As when one loses track of their surroundings, they are clearly very focused at the task at hand, which is very beneficial to the assignment that is being worked on. This will prove beneficial at the Indiana Academy, as it can be reasonably hypothesized that the work load will increase dramatically. Thus, such a developed skill, will serve me well in my endorsers, if I am admitted. Thus, I have found that such skills are very useful in my time management when it comes to my

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