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E
XPERIENCE
5: T
IME
, P
LANNING
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AND
P
RODUCTIVITY
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L
EARNING
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EARN
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ECOMING
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ELF
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ROWER
c.
Fill in the rest of the schedule with how you usually spend your time. You may be specific or you
may use general terms such as “social” or “recreation.”
2.
Analyze the information in your table in terms of weekly totals. Categorize or group your time spent
into major
areas, e.g., basic needs (sleeping and eating), mental, social, physical, and spiritual needs.
Sum the hours
you spend each day in these categories to arrive at a weekly total.
Optional: Use a
computer with graphing software to construct a
pie chart of this data.
3.
Create a new table which shows the hours per week you currently spend in the main areas common to
most people’s everyday lives.
4.
Individually answer the Critical Thinking Questions.
C
RITICAL
T
HINKING
Q
UESTIONS
1. What are the five activities that account for the most hours during a week, e.g. sleep?
2. Which activities are very structured and have little flexibility?
3. Where is your schedule flexible?
4. What are five very common events that force changes in your plan?