Prioritize

One of the central philosophies to good time management is to understand prioritization. This means you need to learn how to list all your tasks, due dates and other important academic obligations and figure out which ones take precedence.

This is an important talent to keep in your skill-set toolbox because, if you cannot figure out which assignments and deadlines need to be completed first or need long-term consistent attention, you will have a hard time staying on track.

You can start prioritizing by planning each day the night before; this way you know ahead of time what's coming up the following day and you can schedule which assignments to read or write out first and tackle them in order.

Establishing your short and long-term goals is another facet of prioritization. You can even use your planner to do this. Once you have a visual of everything you need to do, you can organize them in order of precedence and focus on those first. This is helpful so your long-term projects and assignments don't get lost in the shuffle.