So Much To Do
Document: So Much To Do
Source: The Learning Corner @ the Academic Success Center, Oregon State University
So Much To Do!
Stay Productive
This worksheet gives you a long list of activities that all have to be done in one day. Your task is to decide how you’ll get everything done, estimate how long each item will take, and rank the items in order of priority.
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Worksheet
Instructions
All of the activities below must be done today (Wednesday). Some of these activities may require you to prepare or produce material ahead of time that you’ll bring with you, email or otherwise share.
Consider this list and decide how you’ll get everything done (and how you’ll plan your days (work, school, commitments, etc.) so you have everything you need). Then identify how long it will take you to do each item on the list, and rank them in order of priority – which you’ll do first, second, etc.
In the notes section after the list, write down some of the things you thought about that helped you make these decisions.
Activities
| Priority Rank | Activity | Time Needed |
|---|---|---|
| Email your BA 260 professor to set up a time to meet and talk about not being able to meet a weekly requirement last week (the requirement counts towards 20% of your grade). | ||
| Call your niece and wish her a happy 13th birthday. She’s turning 13 on Thursday, lives on the east coast (don’t forget the time difference!), and you’re her favorite person in the family. | ||
| Call a co-worker to trade shifts; you usually work early Thursday morning, and are hoping to work on Friday from 1 pm to 7 pm instead, but need coverage. | ||
| Meet with your business group to work on your final project; you’re all bringing material to this meeting, and figuring out how to integrate and move forward. This will take at least 3 hours. | ||
| Go to office hours for your math class to clear up some confusion you have about a problem; your professor’s office hours are Wednesday from 2 to 4 PM. | ||
| Return the media you checked out that’s due to the Valley Library media desk today at 6 PM. | ||
| Watch a rerun of the season premiere of your favorite show (it’s an hour long). You missed it the first time, can’t stand almost-hearing the spoilers, and it airs at 9 pm tonight. | ||
| Leave a note for your housemate to clean up all of her dishes in the kitchen and take out the recycling – you’ve been doing it for weeks and it’s her turn. | ||
| Go to Student Health Services and get a flu shot – today is the last day that they’re available, and people are still coming down with the flu! | ||
| Pick up your paycheck at UHDS and take it downtown to the bank to deposit it (the ATM on campus is broken). | ||
| Sit down to plan out the rest of your week: you want to take a day-trip to Portland on Saturday, and you have a midterm for math next Monday (and a WGSS paper due on Monday, too). | ||
| Call the new crush in your life (before someone else does!) and ask about going for a bike-ride on Friday. | ||
| Visit the writing studio to get some last help with your history paper before it’s due this Friday. | ||
| Watch the recorded lecture and read the e-text for your WGSS quiz tomorrow. | ||
| Quiz yourself on yesterday’s history lecture and reading to start preparing for the quiz next Monday. | ||
| Write a rough draft of the essay due in your WGSS class next Monday. | ||
| Schedule a meeting with your advisor to meet and talk about fall classes and summer internship opportunities. | ||
| Go to your Intramural soccer team practice at 6 pm. | ||
| Don’t forget to eat and sleep! |
Things I Thought About
List some of the things you considered that helped you make your decisions.
About This Resource
This resource is from The Learning Corner @ the Academic Success Center, Oregon State University (success.oregonstate.edu/learning). The original document is marked with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license.
If you need this document in an alternative format, contact the Disabled Students Programs & Services (DSPS) office.
