Time management

I am a suffering IB student that has to endure Studying, eating, working out, going to school, taking care of the dog, and many others chores every single day. So, normally, I find myself in a huge mess not knowing what to do or when. I usually find myself between my swimming practices and my school work dreadfully tired and exhausted. Moreover, in the weekend, I don’t go out, I don’t fool around, I don’t even get some rest, all I do is doing home works and going to practices. So the next week, I feel so repressed and stressed that I collapse at the end of the week to enter a state of great anguish.  That’s why it’s just about time to start managing my time. Organizing your time has enumerable benefits; first it gives you a chance to, for the first time, take control, somehow, over your life. You premeditated your activities which makes your life planned and ordered so you’ll end up knowing what you have to accomplish every day. It also helps increasing your productivity, since when your time is not organized you get unmotivated by the fact that you don’t have the time to achieve anything and you just give up. However, if you manage your time, you will set goals to achieve in a reasonable time period so you actually get something done. Another benefit is that it boosts your confidence, since we all know how it feels to just check things off our to do list. Your confidence will literally soar when you start remarking that you are achieving what you want.  Time management gives you more time to have fun, yes fun.  By finishing what’s more important first you get the chance to enjoy your hobbies or to simply hang out with some old friends. Last but not least, it gives you the ability to meet your goals. Now, that we know the advantage of managing our time, the only question left is how? The main important thing in managing your time is prioritizing; you have to do what’s important first to then enjoy your time without feeling guilty because of your carelessness.  Write a to do list which enclose realistic time period and everyday activities like going to the groceries store, showering, etc…  Another tip is to break every task to small tasks, if you have, for example, an academic essay to write, write in your to do list the introduction, the main body, and the conclusion.  Finally, you have to be flexible so you don’t just stress if some changes have transpired.