Students analyse their use of time

I monitored my time by using the all-the-way method, which means I record every 15 minutes what I’m doing. And I found it quite complicated. So after two days I started to record in the end of the day. I used the log to monitor my day, and I did it for a whole week. So I use this little log to monitor my day, my week, actually. So I just wrote the important things I did, from waking up to going to sleep.

So 8:00 AM, I woke up. To monitor my time, I was using an app. I was using the HoursTracker. And it was really easy to use, just clicking a button each time I change tasks. So on the Thursday, I was at the library up until just

before 7:00. Then I was at home doing stuff like cooking and cleaning for two hours. Then I went out.

Well, I should spend more time on my study. And then I think the next challenge for me is to reveal the planning and find out more time. So the method I use is called all the way. I recorded the actions in every 15 minutes. Well, I’m pretty satisfied about my week. It has a solid structure every day. But I tend to be very sensitive when it comes to distractions, like a friend asking me for a cup of coffee, and it might end up being half an hour instead of just 10 minutes. Look, at the moment, it’s exam time, so I was obviously spending a lot more time at the library than I had anticipated or planned for.

And that meant as a result, there was less time for sleeping.

My biggest time wasters are definitely social media, because every time I grab my phone to look at Facebook, I definitely lose like 15 minutes or so. So my solution for that was to remove the app from my phone. And now the app doesn’t trigger me anymore, so I have more free time. For me, the biggest time wasters were drinking coffee and going out at night. There’s too much fun.