7 Resources

to Better Manage
Time and Tasks
Prioritise tasks

1 Select those tasks that need to be done today and those for which you
can postpone the date

2 Establish limits between the time you are going to dedicate to your tasks and
the time you are going to dedicate to your personal life.

Cultivate assertiveness and learn to seek help when you feel that the tasks
3 to be undertaken are beyond you (this is an important point, especially in the
case of teenagers who are perfectionists and/or afraid of failure).
Don't overload yourselves, and pace
yourselves with commitments and activities
Many teenagers have an overloaded agenda of extracurricular
activities that leave them little time for anything else, so let's try to
make sure they only do those activities that really motivate them,
but without forgetting that the time of the day is limited, and that it is
important that they also cultivate their personal time.
Control procrastination
Keep a list of what is important to you, and what you want/need to get done.

Use your FCHS planner to plan your day or week, filling in as you go along.

Write down the important and urgent things you have to do. Just writing down what you have to do and seeing it can help you get things done.

Write down when you will do them and how long you think it will take.

Determine how long larger projects will take and how much time you will need.

Divide up large tasks. Some things take a long time, but they don't always have to be done at the same time. Remember the 7P Rule:
Prior Proper Planning & Preparation Prevents Poor Performance
Manage your commitments
You may have a lot to do: school, sports, a job, family and friends. But too many commitments can
lead to stress.

Let go of some commitments. This doesn't mean giving up. It means you are learning
1 what is important to you and that you can't do it all.

2 Don't commit to things that are not important to you.

Accept that your life is a "work in progress." You don't have to finish every project or
accomplish every goal in your life by tomorrow or even next week. If one of your goals
3 is less important, you can work on it later in life.
Avoid distractions

A cluttered desk or room may not seem like a

big deal, but visual clutter can influence
mental clutter and make it difficult to
concentrate.
Take a short five-minute break to organise
your place. Leave your cell phone in a remote,
muted location so it doesn't disrupt study time.
Take into account the lighting, noises, posture,
look for a location that is suitable and conducive
to your own and personal study habits.
Create a study routine

Having a study routine is very beneficial

Face your responsibilities with greater confidence and motivation.

It allows you to set times for each task

After months or weeks of vacation, getting back into the school routine can
be difficult, but as far as possible we should:
1. Make sure that you establish a schedule for doing their homework.
2. Set up an adequate space for you to do your homework
Take breaks
● It may seem counterintuitive, but one of the best things you can
do to improve time management is to take a break.
● When faced with the feeling that we're behind, our reaction is
often to simply do more, but your brain needs time to rest and
recharge.
● Take a 10 Minute break for every 50 Minutes you spend doing
homework or study.
“Inside the Mind of a Master
Procrastinator”
Acceptance - In-Class Google
Classroom Activities
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Acceptance, reconciliation, and tomorrow
Weekly Pillar - ACCEPTANCE
Situational Acceptance & Norms

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 How do we know what to accept, and
when to change the things we cannot?
As young adults, you are empowered and supported by your community, with a shared sense of acceptance and responsibility to
be here, to be involved, and to be invested.

● In our communities, sometimes it is hard to know that something is wrong because it is a common or frequent occurrence, which
makes it difficult to change. This type of acceptance of the situation is the kind that we have been working on throughout the
week.

● The other acceptance goes without saying, which is that we should be accepting of all people for who they are, and for who you
are.

● In Dublin, bomb threats and realities would happen so often that I had become desensitised to this, and began to think that this
was normal everywhere. This is an example of something that should not be accepted, and much has been done to change Irish
society into being a place that we can accept.

● In your lives, the threat of gun violence is far too frequent and close to home for many, which is not normal in other places, and
should not be accepted. As you all begin to navigate a new system during the Middle School to High School transition, reflect
on the kind of world in which you wish to see ahead of you.