Great post on time management, however as you promised 10 points and only gave us 8 I thought I would make few additions of my own…

As someone who has being working full time and studying full time for over 5 years now, I’ve found that time management is actually more about self-management. After all, you can’t actually manage time, it just flows.

I often share my time management (or self-management) tips with other students and the best ones, which I would add to your article are:

9. Clear the clutter from your life, both physical (like a messy desk) and mental. To clear your mental clutter, write everything you are trying to remember down on paper. Then take out anything that is either not in your control or not important. Add what’s left to your task list. Having a clear mind really helps with creating focus.

10. Set “Magnetic” Goals – The only way to prioritise tasks, is to know what’s important to you. I use the 12/90/30 solution to set goal. Firstly, set your 12 month goals, then break those down into 90 day chunks. Take you 90 day chunks and break those down further into 30 day goals.

Now, for every time consuming daily task you start (or want to start) ask yourself, will completing this task get me any closer to my 30 day goals? If the answer is no, find something else to do.

The great thing about the 12/90/30 solution is the by asking the above question for your daily task, you know you are on track to achieving your 30 day goals, therefore you are on track to achieving your longer term goals, without having to even review what they are.

I’ve also written an blog post on time management skills for students, which points out the 5 biggest mistakes people make when trying to improve their time management. That might help save some people some money.

Keep bloggin.