Stephen Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Ryan writes in.

Time prioritization is tricky for students.

I schedule regular assignments, but my two hours for math runs out.

The assignment is due Wednesday, and I'm booked all day Tuesday.

Right now, I usually cut some

non-essential thing like a workout or social activity. I just listen to a book on how to beat

procrastination and learned this isn't the right thing to do. So, what to do? Ah, Ryan, I remember the

life of a student with fond nostalgia, the learning, the camaraderie, the late-night discussions about

the nature of the universe, and the Vaseline Blacklight Twinkies and Beer Party. Did you know both

Twinkie Cream and Vaseline glow under Blacklight? And it takes six weeks to get Vaseline to come out of

those were the days.

As a student, you're juggling class, socializing, taking care of yourself, that's sleeping and working out, and doing homework. Your teachers don't coordinate, though, so your workload

might change from week to week, from way too much to handle to not enough. You're being

exposed to new things, never knowing what will or won't grab you.

Thirteenth century poetry by celibate lesbians may be your calling.

I hope not, because then you'll starve to death.

But your agenda at school is developing the skill base for whatever path you'll end up pursuing in the future.

Only you don't know now what that will be.

Isn't life a stinker?

There's a huge difference between scheduling things that are well-defined and scheduling squishy,

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