From deadlines to classes, and appointments to practices, everyone juggles their own priorities day to day, however it takes strategy to win in our own race against time.

Due to the pandemic, the schedule of many students have changed, and their balance in time management may have been disrupted.

“At the end of the class I usually go over everything, kind of summarize the class and I’ll take notes on that,” said Sophomore Kylie Cortez.

There are seven major factors to efficiently manage your time, according to the Corporate Finance Institute.

These factors include, setting a time limit, setting goals wisely, prioritizing correctly, taking breaks, organizing yourself, identifying nonessential activities, and planning ahead.

By following these tips, it could reduce anxiety and unlock an open mind to be flexible with priorities, and having more time to spend on your own life such as self care and quality time with family and friends.

“If you don’t stay organized, then you won’t be able to plan things, and things are going to slip through the cracks,” said Director of Student Activities Bill Wheeler.

Wheeler said it is important for students to create their own system of staying organized with their priorities, whether it’s making lists or organizing everything virtually.

Poor time management could lead to possible spikes in anxiety, due to loss of control over your own life, slow workflow, wasted time, and poor quality of work.

The following could also hurt your own reputation in job resumes, or other applications for organizations that could lead to major benefits in your life.

“Sometimes we get our priorities messed up, and we think like playing around and games are more important, so that’s when school time management becomes harder,” said Cortez.

Cortez says on weekends she creates time stamps in her schedule, such as when she wants certain assignments to be done, and organizes these timestamps around when she wants to sleep and eat.

“Now, we can get super distracted because we are at home, so we can just binge watch Netflix all day or stuff food in our faces and we totally forget about school,” said Sophomore Liana Ono.

According to an article by Square, many successful people such as Oprah Winfrey or Apple CEO Tim Cook, will take full advantage of their day whether with exercise in the morning or waking up earlier.

“You pay the price and learn that it doesn’t work, and come up with a better plan next time,” said Wheeler.