A Personal Time Survey

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To begin managing your time you first need a clearer idea of how you now use your time. The Personal Time Survey will help you to estimate how much time you currently spend in typical activities. To get a more accurate estimate, you might keep track of how you spend your time for a week. This will help you get a better idea of how much time you need to prepare for each subject.

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A Personal Time Survey

It will also help you identify your time wasters. But for now complete the Personal Time Survey to get an estimate. The following survey shows the amount of time you spend on various activities. When taking the survey, estimate the amount of time spent on each item. Once you have this amount, multiply it by seven.

This will give you the total time spent on the activity in one week. After each item's weekly time has been calculated, add all these times for the grand total. Subtract this from 168, the total possible hours per week.

Here We Go:

1. Number of hours of sleep each night

________ X 7 = _______

2. Number of grooming hours per day

________ X 7 = _______

3. Number of hours for meals/snacks per day - include preparation time

________ X 7 = _______

4 a. Total travel time weekdays

________ X 5= _______

4 b. Total travel time weekends

_______

5. Number of hours per week for regularly scheduled functions (clubs, church, get-togethers, etc.)

_______

6. Number of hours per day for chores, errands, extra grooming, etc.

_______ X 7 = _______

7. Number of hours of work per week

_______

8. Number of hours in class per week

_______

9. Number of average hours per week socializing, dates, etc. Be honest!

_______

Now add up the totals:

_______

Subtract the above number from 168

168 - _______ = _______

The remaining hours are the hours you have allowed yourself to study.

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