Time Quadrants- Habit 3: Put First Things First

Directions: For each of the four quadrant boxes enter information that you believe is relevant for you. Enter at
least three things that identify your life in each box.

Urgency/Importance Urgent Non-Urgent

Quadrant 1 (The Quadrant 2 (First things
Important Procrastinator): first, being the Prioritizer):

-When it comes to things -Complete my math

with family, if they want me
to go do this for them or
they want me to tell this
family member this or that I
leave it off until either
A. they leave B. I leave
C. cousins ask me to do
something and I forget
D. I just naturally forget or
E. I don’t do anything and
end up doing it themselves
10-20 mins later
-I leave of sending my
friends slight “answers” (I
usually explain them
something on the
homework that is partially
wrong and they end up
getting an answer that is
right)
Homework on
Mondays/Tuesdays so
that I don’t have to worry
about it.
-I try and make at least 20
minutes for myself to kind
of calm down and listen to
music so that way I can
continue this hanus and
horrible thing I call life
-watching TV for a short
period of time before
doing a craft or activity
before going back to my
TV

-not answering my mom’s

text that she knows the
answer too because I’m too
busy doing homework or
recovering from PE at the
end of the day

Quadrant 3 (The Yes-Man): Quadrant 4 (The Slacker):

Not Important
-My cousins ask me to do -On my life
something with them (like
I’m going to say no to the
babies of the family) and
end up putting off some
things to spend more time
with them
 -Saying yes to everything my
grandma says because if I
say no she tells my mom,
my mom yells at me saying
“even if its stupid agree with
your grandma because she
thinks she’s right”
-Saying yes to stuff that my
non-school friends say
because there people I
don’t see often and want to
spend/make memories with
them
Example:
-On the weekend I just
slack of when it comes to
tasks for the day because
I’m tired after a full week
of stupidity and
accelerated PE
-On weekends with my
stepmom I slack of on
tasks because I am usually
busy doing something for
school or watching my
sister while she does
something and then I do
the thing the last day I
have with her