Fritting out my free time! BY HEATHER!

In order to help my time management skills this week, I used the technique of making a fritter finder that Dr. Blumin taught us. I used this for all of my classes (MAT 284, EAR 105, CLS 105, CRS 325, and ANT 185). The fritter finder allowed me to find free time throughout my schedule where I can do homework and study. I drew a copy of my schedule and color coordinated each class. Out of all the strategies we were taught, I found that this one kept me most organized, and supplied a plan to keep my work on track for the WHOLE semester!

Then I looked at my schedule and found my free time and wrote down times to do homework. I used the same colors that I used to signify each individual class to show what subject I would be working on during my free time. I found this strategy very effective because now I know for example Tuesdays, after I end class I know that I am going to be working on Math and then my CRS homework. This saves me time as well because I don’t have to go through and think, “okay what homework should I do right now?” Instead I just bring my homework to class with me and head straight to goldstein once I am done with class! (I plan to use this same schedule every week).

The trick that really helped me in the fritter finder was using colors to signify each class. On my original fritter finder I just did a simple little sketch with no colors or anything. Once I took the time to actually draw out my schedule and color it with neon colors, I saw all the white space I had on my schedule to do

work. The colors are the KEY! (it makes it more organized)

I found that I have a lot more free time than I thought I did. It also helped me figure out that I had free time, but was not using it as efficiently as I could. I choose this strategy because I know that I like to have things laid out and organized. By using the fritter finder I was able to create a schedule that made me very organized.

The fritter finder actually made me realize that I do procrastinate more than I was aware of! I normally save all my homework for the weekends (Sunday nights most of the time). By using the fritter find I found that I had so much free time throughout the week days that I can get all my work done before the weekend if I use my time wisely. Who would have thought?!