BUILDING EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS 1. Evaluate the extent to which poor time manage. Exercise Overview ment skills on your part play a role in the way Time management skills refer to the ability to prioritize each stressor affects you. Do exams cause stress, tasks, to work efficiently, and to delegate appropriately. for example, because you tend to put off Among other reasons, they're important because poor studying? time management skills may result in stress. This exer- 2. For each stressor that's affected by your time man- cise shows you how effective time management skills agement habits, develop a strategy for using your can help reduce stress. time more efficiently. Exercise Background 3. Note the interrelationships among different kinds of stressors to see if they revolve around time- List several of the major events or expectations that related problems. For example, financial pressures tend to be stressful for you. Common stressors include may cause you to work, and work may interfere school (classes and exams), work (finances and sche- with school. Can you manage any of these inter- dules), and personal circumstances (friends, romance, relationships more effectively by managing your and family). Try to be as specific as possible, and try to time more effectively? identify at least ten different stressors. 4. How do you typically manage the stress in your Exercise Task life? Can you manage stress in a more time- effective manner? Using your list, do each of the following