Time Management

Time management is one of the hardest things in the world to do. That is, it's one of the hardest things in the world for ME to do. Other people, specifically everybody in the world other than me, seem to have no problem managing their time. This baffles me. I constantly see these people doing homework, reading, typing a paper, studying, working, walking, running, petting an animal, helping another person, and doing many many more productive activities. Meanwhile I am doing something much less meaningful and wastefully time consuming, like drawing mustaches on posters in the hallway.

Now, the concept of time management seems simple enough. You figure out what you have to do, put aside some time, and do what it is that you need to do. This process works extraordinarily well for other people. For some reason, however, I am physically and mentally incapable of executing this 3-step process. I can do step #1 (figure out what I need to do) about 65% of the time. When, by some miracle, I figure out what I need to do, the process implodes on itself and is torn to shreds by my short attention span. An example: I recently had to prepare a presentation for a class of mine. It was a "semester-project", meaning I had all semester to do said project. Needless to say, I didn't do it. 3 days before it was due, I said to myself, "Oh shit! That presentation is due in 3 days. I better start that right now!". I proceeded to get on my computer, open powerpoint, and then get on the internet to look at a wikipedia of 50 Cent.
I decided to draw up a pie chart to depict my time management.

Many times I find myself struggling with time management that has already been done for me. By this I mean class. Class times are set for me, so all I have to do is show up, listen to what the professor is saying, and then write it down. Agian, seems simple right? Wrong. This is how the process usually occurs:

Next comes:



As you can see, something went drastically wrong in the transition from listening to writing. I am not sure what because I was too busy thinking about what would make a polygon cool, but if I ever find out why I have a hard time transfering what I hear onto paper, I will be sure to draw up a picture. This relates well to how I poorly manage my time because I often spend exorbitant amounts of time not writing down any of use. This then amplifies the problem of doing useful things, like studying, because my notes look like someone gave a preschooler a big bag of skittles and some crayons.

I assume that my time management problem will only get worse over time, but I have come to embrace it as a sign that I shouldn't ever do anything of any importance.