Time Management

• Manage Your Time: Time Management for Graduate Students - Key strategies for time management

• Office Resources: Time Management Skills and Strategies- Strategies for setting priorities and goals, meeting deadlines, and creating good daily routines

• GradSchools.com - Time Management - a handy resource with links to articles on time management and related matters (including balancing your school and personal life)

• Guide to Time Management for Graduate School Students- links to articles about managing your time as a graduate student

• Time Management (SUNY, Buffalo) - A quick summary of many of the ideas contained in the links on this page

• Time Management (Learning Assistance Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa) - Tips for time management

• Time Management Guide - Step-by-step guide for managing your time (general)

• Strategic Guide to Appointment and Time Management

• Managing Your Time at Graduate School

• Time Management for Adults, Professionals, & Students - A list of resource links on time management

Overcoming Procrastination

• Stop Procrastinating - Now! - Helpful article on reasons for procrastination and strategies for overcoming it

• Why Do People Procrastinate? (University of Cambridge) - Basic information and strategies on procrastination

• Procrastination (California Institute of Technology) - Explains the roots and causes of procrastination

• Stop Procrastinating and Complete Your Dissertation! - The title says it all

• Procrastination: Ten Things to Know

• Google Calendar - Keep track of upcoming events and deadlines, have reminders sent to your email or cell phone, share your calendars with others (free Gmail account required)

• Yahoo Calendar - Keep track of upcoming events and deadlines, have reminders sent to your email or cell phone, share your calendars with others (free Yahoo account required)

• Todoist - A simple, free online task management system

• Evernote - Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. (It's like a big virtual folder to keep clippings in for later reference).

• Google Documents - Working on a group document together? Try using Google Documents. No more sending different drafts back and forth and wondering which is the most current version (free Gmail account required)

• Doodle: Easy Scheduling - Need to schedule a meeting with a number of people? Don't send emails back and forth - use Doodle!

• Study Guides & Strategies: Time Management - Includes a handy "assignment calculator" (which breaks down your assignment into manageable day-by-day steps) and a simple "to do list" generator

• Time Management Calculator

• Managing Your Time (Dartmouth) - Includes downloadable schedule and planner templates

• Mind Tools - Time Management Skills - Teaches time management skills and contains templates/examples for helping you out

• Time Management Strategies for Improving Academic Performance (Virginia Tech) - Quizzes and activities to help analyze how you manage your time and suggest how you can improve

• 8 “Must Use” Free Time Management Tools to Save Tons of Time

• Manage Your Life with Free Online Time Management Tools

• On the go? If you have an iPhone or iPad, check out the various Productivity apps (free and paid) in the iTunes Store to assist you with time management and organizational tasks. Pay attention to user reviews; they'll help suggest which apps are right for you or not

Classrom Time Management Strategies 

• UC Berkeley Teaching Guide for Graduate Student Instructors: Time Management Strategies - Helpful suggestions for managing time in your classroom. The entire Teaching Guide for GSIs is also a very good resource.

• Time Saving Tips for Teachers - Useful article on ways to organize and save time in your classroom

• Time Management Tips for Teachers - Re-organize and re-prioritize your classroom

• Time Management for Teachers - 7-minute video on YouTube

• Time Management in the Classroom (University of Toronto) (PDF file)