 Hi guys, my name is Zeynep and I am a first year journalism student at DCU and today's topic I would talk about time management. I completely underestimated it before coming into college because I've just done my leave and serve, just coming from sixth year and going directly into first year. I just didn't think time management was important. It's not something you really think about. You don't think how do I effectively maximise my time during the week. But I found it very difficult to juggle everything during a first semester of college. I found it difficult to go to activities and clubs and socks events and I also found it difficult to have my assignments done on time, to have to go home during the weekend. I just found the whole entire thing very difficult to do. So this semester I feel kind of different approach rather than leaving everything like just to kind of like swim around in my head knowing that I have to do this in my head and knowing that I have to do that in my head. I decided that I was starting to write it down and seeing how my week was going. Basically planning out my week more efficiently. And I found that it helps so much more. Like I don't really think about like what I have to do when I have to do it. It just made me very very stressed. But this semester I took on a different approach and I basically wrote down everything that I wanted to do during the week. And I think it was very good. I think it's very good to write down what you have to do during the week. Because it just lets you see where you're going with your life. I don't know. It just lets you see where you're going with the day, with the week. I don't know. That thing. And I just think time management is something college students really have to think about. Because now when I write down, when I have Monday, what I have to do for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and I see it all. It just means that I can see what days I have more times to do certain things. And it just allows me to take on more stuff and not be stressed about the stuff I take on. And I do make sure to leave certain periods free, just to relax. I don't think it's good to take on so much. And it makes me more prepared for a semester to do. It makes me more prepared for events that are coming up. It makes me more prepared to take on more activities. It also helps me more to know when I am going home for the weekend and know if I'm not going home for the weekend. This is what I can do during the weekend. And I have readings that I have to do for college work. And I have the week that I have to do for college. And I think before, like last semester, I would be very panicky about, oh my God, this thing is coming up. But like now I do my readings and I know, okay, that's what I've been doing for the week. And management, it really helps because it helps you kind of set goals for what you want to do. I write down the things I have to do during the week. What basically happens is I write it down on a piece of paper. A piece of paper goes into my purse and then I write it on my phone. So it's not only is a piece of paper that has my weekly events due in my purse, it's also in on my phone. And I can quickly glance at it on my phone and be like, okay, I have this to do. And I also downloaded the DCU timetable app so I can see what, like, so I don't get mixed up with my timetables and I know what I have during the day because there are times when I think you just forget what you have. Like there are times last semester where I thought I had class at a certain time, but no, I didn't have that class at that time. I had it at a different time, which just was like very confuzzled. It was very confusing for me last semester. But I think writing down things on your phone, like maybe downloading an app to help you see where you're going with your week or writing it down in a piece of paper and putting that piece of paper somewhere that you'll find it very easily just helps so much more and it just makes it so much more easier. And it was like one of the simplest things, but it's one of the best things you can do to keep yourself from not being stressed and keep yourself much happier during the week. When I write down things and I don't do them, I get really mad at myself. To rather be mad at myself, I just say, you know what, I didn't do this thing at a certain time, but I will do it at this time. And another thing is with time management, it actually helps you look forward to things because I might have done assignments for this day, reading for this day, whatever for this day, and then I also have done night out for this day. So it's like, I know that I'm not just doing so much. I'm not doing all this work, whatever. I know that at the end of the week, I reward myself for the night out or something like that. So it gives you something to look forward to. It gives you just more clarity in your life and just makes everything much more easier. Organization is literally I find I think is one of the biggest keys to college. Like if you are not organized in college, I think personally, it makes it so much more difficult for you to know what you're doing and no way of going. Now I don't work this year. But I think if I did work, it would slot in very easily because I would have it down maybe like I'm working this shift and working that shift. But because I don't work, I maximize my time by writing articles because I'm a journalism student, and by taking on more events and taking on more outside of my course activity. Sometimes when you just don't want to sit down and write down what you have to do during the week or just want to think about it. So I just make a quick note on my phone. Monday, I'm doing this, this and this. And then I might not have Tuesday down on Wednesday down. But then on Tuesday, I will wake up in the morning and write it down. What do I have to do today? Write it down. This, this and this. So just like even if you do it daily or weekly or even monthly, and I know monthly, you can't really plan what you have to do in certain days. But like just have a quick overview of what you have to do during the month or maybe what you have to do during the week. And you can literally I think it's just the biggest advice for anyone out there is just write down what you need to do. And it's so much more easier. I know it's the most simplest thing to say. And it's so but it's so practical and it will help you so much. So that's all from me. So basically what I'm here to say is time management is a big thumbs up.