I’ve been
showing my students this semester how little time they have in an effort to
make them realize the importance of managing that time. I have also been
engaged in my own pieces of time management, trying to locate where my time has
gone, and what I can do to rectify that.
A lot of my
time is taken up by school, no doubt, especially the grading. I’ve taken steps
this semester to reduce that load, and I think it’s helping, but there’s the
hidden time cost to working on school, and that’s a loss of concentration when
it comes to reading and writing. I’ve written about that ad nauseum, so I won’t
rehash it here.
But the
other big time loss is in sleep. It’s not that I’m sleeping 12-16 hours a day,
but rather my insomnia that is the problem. I have never been able to get to
sleep easily, and the loss in time getting to sleep results in not getting much
because I still have to wake up. Then I end up crashing when I come home.
Broken sleep results in grogginess, loss of concentration, and general
grumpiness. I’m always much more productive when I can maintain a normal
schedule. I’m endeavoring to maintain a normal schedule, but it’s no guarantee
with me. Maybe it’s time to set up strategies to minimize the disruption to the
schedule, so it’s easier to get back on track.