Academic Guides: Academic Skills Center: Time Management

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Time Inventory

There are 168 hours in every week.

A time inventory is a conscious effort to record how you spend those hours, and it can help you evaluate your time management habits, reduce time-wasting activities, set realistic goals, and regain control of your time.
Time Management Inventory

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DECEMBER 2020

3 Strategies for Breaking the Cycle of Procrastination

"If you are like me, procrastination has taken you on a rollercoaster throughout your educational career. Maybe you planned well, but things came up. Or maybe you enjoy the thrill of the countdown of time ticking before an assignment was due."

OCTOBER 2020

6 Tips for Successfully Managing Your Time

"As a Walden student, you are likely managing several important responsibilities. Whether you’re balancing a full course schedule and a full-time job or part-time coursework and full-time parenting duties, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed."

DECEMBER 2019

Finding Balance by Saying "No"

"If you struggle with finding a balance between your academic work and other obligations in your life, you aren’t alone."

"Be honest with yourself about productivity goals. Set yourself up to win. One method I have come to learn is Eat That Frog (Tracy, n.d.) – that is, identify the most daunting tasks in your day, and do these first!"

Rhemma Payne, Walden Peer Mentor

Assignment Checklists

One way to help you manage your time and course-work is to use Assignment Checklists. You can record each discussion, assignment, quiz, and due date for the duration of your course. This will help you visualize all of your upcoming tasks for the course. Additionally, as you complete each task, you can mark it as complete!

We have developed these two Assignment Template PDFs for your use. Download the template and simply fill in the content you need. We have provided an examples for the Week 1 spaces, including reading materials, discussions, and assignments. Simply replace this content with your specific course need, and you have a PDF checklist ready to go!

Assignment Checklist

8 Week Courses

Use this checklist to record assignments and due dates.
You can check off each item as you complete it.

Download 8-Week PDF

Assignment Checklist

11 Week Courses

Use this checklist to record assignments and due dates.
You can check off each item as you complete it.

Download 11-Week PDF

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Doctoral Peer Mentor and Walden University student, Suzanne Switzer, shares her success and struggles with time management in this previously recorded live event.

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8-12

The number of hours that a Walden student works on their assignments or projects over the weekend.*

*March 2020 report

54%

The number of average Walden students who turn in their assignments in the evenings.*

*January 2020 report

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