Managing Time and Stress
Part 1 – Assessment
You should track your daytime activities that require more than one hour of your time over a two-week period from Thursday, February 18 through Wednesday, March 2.
A sample tracking log is provided. Alternatively, you may log your activities in any way that is convenient for you (examples include a paper log, electronic calendar application or notepad on your smart phone).
In your log, note any time periods in which you experienced greater levels of stress. Note that it is not necessary to track activities that require less than one hour of your time. Neither is it necessary to track early morning or nighttime activities.
Next, use the four-quadrant model on page 122 to categorize your major activities.
Part 2 – Reflection
Write a short reflection paper (two-pages double-spaced). The reflection paper should include:
A brief summary of your results
First summarize your time tracking results. Comment on any results that are surprising or unexpected.
Your reflection on the results
Next, reflecton the following questions:
(Include examples from your time tracking log)
What does it mean for you personally that an activity is important?
(What are you passionate about?)
What does it mean for you personally that an activity is urgent?
(What gets your attention?)
What does it mean for you personally to experience high stress?
(What causes you stress?)
What did you learn about your use of time from this activity?
(What patterns did you note?)
Your self-assessment of your skills at managing time and stress
Finally, concludeby noting how you can more effectively manage your time and stress in the future. Include at least one specific tactic that you can implement (see the list of suggested tactics from p. 124 of the text).
MGT 370 – Management Skills Development – CSUN – Spring 2016 – Foley