Jill's Ranking Priorities

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Having 15 credits this semester is a lot of work thats usually all due in the same week. Ranking my priorities was the best problem solving strategy I found. I am a visual learner so being able to write out what I have to do is always key for me. With ranking priorities I am able to write it out and then organize it so I know when I have to do each thing because having a long list of things to do gets stressful.

All that one needs to do in order to rank your priorities is list out what you need to do that day and then rank it A-Essential, B-Important, C-Optional and then number them in the order you want to do them within each letter group. Its that simple! It makes a long list of to do more manageable. You can apply this to any school work for any class. For me, I like to break each class up and list what I have to do for that class next to it. If I have more than one task in a class I will separate them so that I can still rank which I should do first. This strategy is good for people who never know where to start. When you have a lot to do it can be stressful and make you not want to start since you do not know where to.

Whenever I get an assignment I will write it into my assignment book. Everything is just listed as to when I have to do it and when it is due. I find it helpful to go home and use the "Stickies" app on my computer to write out the tasks for the day and rank them on there just to make it neater.

This week, I had a paper due in WGS 201 on Wednesday, and ECN 203 quiz Thursday, and some CLS homework throughout the week. On Monday I made my A1 printing my economics notes because that was quick to due and I needed them for the next day. A2 was working on my WGS paper because that was due Wednesday and was a big paper so I needed to get some of it done and I made my CLS homework B1 because it was not due until wednesday so I put it under B because if I did not get to it I could always move it to Tuesday. I followed basically this same strategy for the whole week and used my Fritter Finder to determine when I was going to do each task.

This was a light work week for me so breaking everything up was pretty easy to determine since my paper was the big task and then my other small work came after that. My big tasks like papers and studying for tests will always come first for me because it takes the most amount of time and these assignments are worth the most points.

As soon as I saw the ranking priorities page in the textbook I knew it would work perfect for me and my lists. Since I am a Kinesthetic learner, I like to visualize and do things. Writing everything out and being able to see what I have to do in an order fulfills my learning needs.