Time Management Level 0

Before reading on, these are just some self reflections. If you don't really have the interest to read on, you don't have to feel guilty when wanting to move on to do other stuff.

I seriously need some lessons on time management. It would be great if someone could give me a good lecture on that. Anyone? Just one day after I released the flood gates, I started feeling the strains. I see many things undone. Even if they were, it's nowhere near the 80% quality mark. Thousands of things to accomplish in a minute. Easiest one first? Toughest one first? The one requiring the least amount of time first? The one requiring the most amount of time first? The one that brings me one step close to the end of the long term goal first or the one that brings me to the end of the short term goal first? I'm starting to have doubts of my capabilities. 4 core modules, 3 electives, 1 refresher class. 2 Main CCAs, 1 intermediate CCA and 2 spplementary CCAs. All that in accompaniment to the many other things that consume time.

Right now, if there was one thing I could do, I would close up the flood gates and leave 3 CCAs, or worse, all 5 of them. However, I don't think it's a good thing either. There's nothing wrong with joining 5 CCAs. Call me lifeless, but after the 5 hour and 48 minute walk home from the Merlion Park on the first morning of the year, I could see it coming as we go further into the year. Just a question of how long before its arrival. Most of the difficulties I face now would die down only after the June holidays and even more after the September vacation. October will see a new addition to the list. The road ahead remains unluminated. Right now, I really have got to think wisely, and plan carefully.

It's the halfway point of the second week, and I'm still slacking heavily. There's some progress, but at the rate I'm accelerating, I would not be able to make it to the sky before reaching the end of the runway. Not really thinking that any of the activities that I decided to join are bad, but it's the way I schedule my time to fit in everything that's bad. It's either I end up underperfoming in my roles, or I end up with grades that are below expectations. Parhaps it's really time to consider, after 11 years of studying, to lose some life to make ends meet.