Time Management and Procrastination

The pressure to keep up with academic obligations can lead students to develop unhealthy work habits. Do you work too much?

Getting through grad school entails learning how to manage your time - and learning how to work during big blocks of time. Many students find the prospect of being productive for a large chunk of time, say 2 hours, daunting. Enter the timer trick.

Most students put off writing a paper or two. Procrastination is potentially harmful to your studies. Learn how to overcome procrastination.

All students need an academic calendar because, rather than the calendar year, it follows the academic year, from mid-August to July.

To-do lists make your life easier because they list everything that you need to do or remember for a given day, so you don’t have to worry about forgetting anything.

A big part of success in college and graduate school relies on your ability to organize yourself and effectively manage your time. Enter the weekly planner.

Writing papers and other large projects can overwhelm even the best of students. Most time management experts agree that the best way to tackle a large project is to break it into its component tasks. Here's how.

The best way to avoid burnout in graduate school is to keep track of your days and maintain daily progress towards your goals

Simple strategies for making the most of your time.

Are you an ABD (All-But Dissertation) student? The dissertation is the most difficult and time consuming academic requirement a doctoral student faces. Don't fall into a procrastination trap!

You've got papers to write but your motivation is sagging. Try these tips to get motivated to work

An excellent set of tips and resources to help you get a handle on your time.

Excellent tips to get motivated and moving now.

Links to a variety of resources to help you understand this nasty habit.

Helpful tips from the University of Minnesota.

Graduate students, especially new students, often find themselves overwhelmed. Good time management skills are essential, but succeeding in graduate school requires the ability to organize more than your time.

Having a hard time staying on task? Try this simple technique.