Stephen Robbins here.

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

A while back, I shared how to study tips for students returning to school.

My friend Murgatroyd, his real name has been changed to protect the innocent, went back to school and is immersed in studying.

In fact, he's so immersed in studying that he doesn't have 10 free seconds.

This is especially troublesome because I was visiting his city recently

and he didn't have time to meet me for coffee, much less Oreo ice cream cake.

Needless to say, my selfish desire to get together demands that we return to the topic

of helping students get more free time.

So, how can busy students get a handle on their schedule? Get a calendar. If you're a student

in this day and age, you've never known the joys of an unstructured block of time, and that's good.

It means you won't spend your adult life yearning for the free and wild and carefree days of your

youth because you never had those free days. Now that you've become an adult, however, it's time

for you to take over managing your own calendar. Having a calendar lets you make sure you get things

done on time and don't over commit. You can use an online calendar or a paper calendar. If you get a

paper calendar, I recommend week at a glance or month at a glance.

Day at a glance calendars don't give you enough of an overview to make sure that you're really balancing out your time.

Next, put all of your scheduling notes into your new calendar.

If your mom still keeps your schedule, ask her to give it to you.

Also, ask her to stop sleeping in your dorm room. It's cramping your style. And if you don't believe me, then it's really cramping your

style. Check out this video. This episode's transcript has a video of Modern Manors Guy on Fox with

tips on how to drop kids off at college. Hint, it involves leaving them there. Schedule classes and travel time.

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