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Student planners are an effective time management tool. Download your free college student planner or academic planner and take control. Boost your student time management and get things done with less stress.

Are you juggling with the demands of academic work and social life?

Do you feel you have too much to do and not enough time?

Are you stressed about assignments and exams?

If so then a student or academic planner may be beneficial to you.

student planners The immediate benefit of a student or academic planner is a sense of feeling in control of your assignments, study, and busy schedule.

The long-term benefits are less stress, overcoming procrastination, increased productivity, and ultimately better grades.

Benefits of using student planners

Planning is critically important for students who are juggling the demands of a student and social lives, paid work, and other extra-curricular activities.

Research shows that by planning your work, you achieve more in less time.

But did you know that the quality of your output is better?

That's right...with planning you are more likely to write better assignments and score higher marks....all with less stress.

By planning your work and working your plan you instil good habits not just for college but for work and other areas of your life. Plan your work and prioritize what you need to do - it ensures you put first things first!

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Using student planners: At the semester level

Student planners have the potential to give you an overall view of your semester that then allows you to concentrate on more detailed planning with weekly and daily plans.

Have you ever got half way through your semester and realized that you have exams, study, unread readings, and assignments. Not to mention Aunt Mildred's birthday that you promised to go to.

These types of bottlenecks of activity create stress!

Getting an overview of your semester shows you where you have bottlenecks of activity and where you need to prioritize your work.

You get an overview of your semester by either filling out the yearly (or monthly) calendar options in your student planner.

Alternatively, feel free to download a college student planner at the monthly level.

Download your free academic planner for May to August 2010

Download your free academic planner for September to December 2010

Put your assignment due dates and how much they are worth in the semester plan. Also enter your exam dates and any other assessment dates.

Put any personal obligations such as sporting commitments or birthdays that you have promised to attend in the timetable. This should give you an overview of your commitments for the semester.

It also highlights bottlenecks of intense periods of assignments and assessments - when all hands should be on deck!

If you find that you have bottlenecks of activity then you may need to re-organize your time or apply some of the student time management techniques below.

Using student planners: The weekly planner

Now that you have an overall view of your academic plan it is important to develop a weekly plan.

The weekly planner is a more detailed planning tool that incorporates lessons, assignments, or any other activities that you do.

Download your weekly planner.

Student Time Robbers

Are you stressed and overwhelmed with the amount of work you have to do? Are you looking to change but don't know how?

Often a first step to improve time management is to fill out the time management and students time log.

By objectively tracking time for for a few days, you can reap huge dividends in working more effectively and reducing stress.

By having a weekly schedule of your activities you identify gaps in the week when you can study, socialize, or have free time.

It is important in this weekly planner that you include the times when you plan to study, write, or proof-read your assignments.

At the end of the week you are able to look over your diary and see how well you have done in keeping to your schedule.

There are always some tasks that don’t get done, but getting your top priority tasks done greatly reduces your stress and gives you a feeling of greater control.

One of the biggest student time robbers is procrastination.

I talk more about how students can beat procrastination with these college time management tips.

Using student planners: The daily planner

To be a great student, athlete, or professional in your field, it is important to instil daily habits of success.

From a student time management perspective, perhaps one of the simplest and most effective time management tools is the daily planner.

The daily planner allows you to write down all of the tasks that you need to get through in the day. The daily planner, also called a to-do list, allows you to prioritize your tasks so that you ensure that you get the most important things done.

College Time Management Activity

Are you proactive or reactive in your time management? Proactive time management users are planners who are effective and ensure they get their top priorities done.

Reactive individuals are more likely to jump from crisis to crisis, putting out fires. Reactive students are more likely to more stressed and controlled by the tyranny of the urgent.

Examine your objective use of time with the time management for students matrix and see where you can reduce your stress and get more things done.