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what if you have too much to do but you want to do it all?
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Ashley’s Answer
I felt the same way when I was in school!
Think about what will matter to you MOST in the next...
- 5 months (e.g., classes, extracurricular activities)
- 5 quarters (internships)
- 5 years (job, where you want to live, how you want to live)
Identify the THREE things that are most important to you. Be ruthless! ONLY pick THREE for now. You can always re-evaluate and change them later. When I was a student these were Health, Job Search and Getting Decent Grades
When a fun and interesting new opportunity comes up and you start to feel overwhelmed, ask yourself if the activity falls into your TOP THREE PRIORITIES. If the answer is no, don't engage in the opportunity - let it go for now and stay focused on your priorities.
This can be really difficult, but it will help you achieve your top three goals more easily. Then, you can go through the process again and identify new goals.
Think about what will matter to you MOST in the next...
- 5 months (e.g., classes, extracurricular activities)
- 5 quarters (internships)
- 5 years (job, where you want to live, how you want to live)
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Valerie’s Answer
I highly suggest that you take the time to evaluate what is important to you! It is possible to get everything done, it just may get done in different paces. Rank the tasks of highest importance to you and set aside time to make sure those get done. I like to give myself a "hard stop" date and make sure that I get things done based on the timeline I have set. Side Note: life can be crazy and overwhelming, but you got this!!
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Audrey’s Answer
Great question, I've been working for 8 - 10 years and I still feel the same.
In addition to all the great suggestions given, perhaps it would be useful to consider opting for a career path that is diverse and offers many different opportunities. For example, Finance; with a finance background you can explore different areas of the financial industry like banking, consultancy, payments, fintech etc. Or choosing a career that allows you to develop transferable skills like marketing; most companies have a marketing department, this allows you the opportunity to dab into many different industries.
In addition to all the great suggestions given, perhaps it would be useful to consider opting for a career path that is diverse and offers many different opportunities. For example, Finance; with a finance background you can explore different areas of the financial industry like banking, consultancy, payments, fintech etc. Or choosing a career that allows you to develop transferable skills like marketing; most companies have a marketing department, this allows you the opportunity to dab into many different industries.
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Lucie’s Answer
For me the key to "do it all" is to be organized and methodical in your approach. You CAN do it all, just not all of it at the same time.
A few steps I would take would be:
#1 Assess your current workload
One easy way to do that is to create a todo list on a piece of paper, a spreadsheet, and app.
Writing down all the things you have to do might seem overwhelming at first but you will see that by being methodical in your approach you will sort out all the stress, and be rational to get going on the tasks.
#2 Assign weighted points
Once you have laid out all the different tasks, rate them in order to prioritize them. It can be by deadline, amount of effort, impact (short or long term), etc. The key is to have a way to dissociate the burning items to the less burning items, and to not be clustered by tasks you can leave for another time (the "nice to do" or "nice to have").
From there you should have a pretty good view of where you are at, what is to accomplish, and what is your priority. Visualizing is also very helpful because once you complete a task, you can mark it off and move to the next. It feels really good!
#3 Plan it out
That's it, you have now in front of you an organized and methodical approach to your tasks. Of course you need to be realistic on your points, not everything can be "must do at this instance".
From there, plan it out, set up reminders and get on working.
I use an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of my projects and they are categorized, weighted and sorted by deadline dates. This makes it really easy to visualize the amount of work to do.
#4 Repeat
As new tasks come along, weight them, and add them to the top, bottom, or rightful place in your list. And so on, and so forth.
Hope this helps,
Cheers
A few steps I would take would be:
#1 Assess your current workload
One easy way to do that is to create a todo list on a piece of paper, a spreadsheet, and app.
Writing down all the things you have to do might seem overwhelming at first but you will see that by being methodical in your approach you will sort out all the stress, and be rational to get going on the tasks.
#2 Assign weighted points
Once you have laid out all the different tasks, rate them in order to prioritize them. It can be by deadline, amount of effort, impact (short or long term), etc. The key is to have a way to dissociate the burning items to the less burning items, and to not be clustered by tasks you can leave for another time (the "nice to do" or "nice to have").
From there you should have a pretty good view of where you are at, what is to accomplish, and what is your priority. Visualizing is also very helpful because once you complete a task, you can mark it off and move to the next. It feels really good!
#3 Plan it out
That's it, you have now in front of you an organized and methodical approach to your tasks. Of course you need to be realistic on your points, not everything can be "must do at this instance".
From there, plan it out, set up reminders and get on working.
I use an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of my projects and they are categorized, weighted and sorted by deadline dates. This makes it really easy to visualize the amount of work to do.
#4 Repeat
As new tasks come along, weight them, and add them to the top, bottom, or rightful place in your list. And so on, and so forth.
Hope this helps,
Cheers
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Johanna’s Answer
You don't have to do everything all at once! Start doing what's the most beneficial or important then work your way down.
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Priyanka’s Answer
My suggestion would be to start making the list what you want to do, prioritize them and start working on it from highest priority to the lowest.
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2. Then your Teacher reads my ePals profile and connects with me.
3. Your teacher then registers you as a student member at; https://www.ePals.com
4. Your teacher connects with me at My Class "Welcome to Basic A1. Reading & Writing ESL Classes"
5. Then you practice Reading & Writing English with other students...
6. Looking forward to hearing from you.
7. Keep moving forward!
Best wishes!
Thanks!
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