Introduction

In my one-to-one work with students, problems around the use of time crop
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up very frequently. I get told things like:

. I haven’t got time to do all the reading I’m expected to do

. I keep putting work off to the very last minute
. I can never hand work in on time
. I’m a perfectionist, and I hate handing in work that I’m not satisfied
with, so I don’t
. My life seems to consist of crises; I’m always stumbling in a panic from
one deadline crisis to the next
. I’m always staying up late to finish work, then I oversleep and miss
lectures and classes the next day
. However much time I make available, the work always expands to more
than fill it
. I keep setting myself deadlines – and then I can’t keep to them!
. I feel guilty if I take a day off.

The good news is that it is almost always possible to find strategies and
techniques for dealing with these problems. And that when they are dealt
with, the result is better-quality work, higher marks and a happier person.
These are essentially strategies for using your time: ‘time-use strategies’. In
Part One of this book I present the elementary theory behind creating and
implementing time-use strategies. In Part Two I address the many ‘How to
. . .’ issues that students face in making use of their time, and I suggest
strategies and techniques for resolving these issues. All these suggestions
have been tried and tested and found to work. Not every one is suited to
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every person and every situation, so please regard them as a menu that you
can try out and from which you can choose the ones that work for you.

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