1. Hannah’s 10 Tips for Staying On Top of Everything
“You can’t manage time, you can only manage the way you use it” -Unknown
1. Prioritize using to-do lists
 To-do now
 To-do soon
 To-do later
 Break larger projects into smaller, more manageable tasks
2. Use your Google Calendar (or another scheduling tool that works for you)
 Schedule everything including class, work, study time, personal/fun time, and appointments
 COLOR CODE – this is helpful to your brain, and it’ll look pretty
3. Know yourself and your abilities
 If you are a morning person and feel exhausted by 10:30pm, maybe it’s best to go to sleep and
wake up earlier than usual to get work done; quality and efficiency will be higher
 Recognize that you might not be able to sit and study for hours at a time, and take breaks
4. Producticrastinate (or just don’t procrastinate!)
 Procrastinate productively – need a break? Clean! Exercise! Cook!
 Simply just switch tasks for 30 minutes (preferably to another task on your to-do list!)
5. Master multitasking (the good kind)
 Doing laundry and schoolworksimultaneously allows for small breaks while you work
 Reading for class, watching Netflix, and texting your friends isn’t doing your brain any good
6. Overhaul your email
 Create labels/folders for different types of emails (academics, Fleishman, job search stuff, etc.)
 Mark an email unread if it requires something of you (and keep it unread until it’s been done)
 But don’t be that person with 2,564 unread emails…that’s too tough to manage
 Pro-tip (g-mail only): Settings > Inbox > Inbox Type > Unread First
 Sign up for UnrollMe (a website application that manages your inbox subscriptions for you!)
7. Do one dreaded task every day, and do it first (referred to as “eating a frog”)
 After all, Mark Twain once wrote, “If you eat a frog first thing in the morning, it will probably
be the worst thing you do all day.”
8. Do something for yourself every day
 Spend time engaging in a hobby or socializing, you’ll feel reenergized and rewarded
9. Be punctual
 Nothing cuts into a productive day (or another’s) like being late
10. Stay accountable to yourself and others