Time Management
Well, I have learned an important lesson in time management this past week. MSU Opera Theatre is putting on a showing of a famous Opera, which I am in the chorus. We are nearing our performance weekend and are currently doing nightly run-throughs of the show. This may not seem like a lot, however when you are a student with classes from 8:00AM until 5:00PM every day, and then have a rehearsal from 6:00PM until 10:00PM, it is a lot! In my WRA class, our professor assigned us a lot of writing that needs to be turned in on time - where does this time come from?
Managing time is very important as a college student. If time is not managed, nothing will be done correctly. This means that every detail must be pre-planned in order to assure that assignments and homework are completed in time. This also means that sometimes the quality of your homework and assignments must suffer depending on the amount of time available to work with. In my case, my WRA assignments were not as up to par as I would like them to be, however my music degree is more important and putting on a good show is also more important.
So, do I feel as though I managed my time well? I do believe so - I did work when I had time and took breaks to keep myself from becoming over whelmed with stress and tension (as I stated in my previous blog post). My assignments have suffered a serious lack on attention, which I wish I could have avoided however I feel that it was unavoidable for me to put one-hundred percent of my attention into these papers, because I was devoting my energy and attention into two other subjects that needed more detail.
Overall, I feel as though I have been tested in a new way that I have never experienced before and that I did a very well job to sticking through it until the end. I know that in the future I will be better prepared to manage my time when things start to pick up.