D' Due & Do and Fritter Finder

Hi, all!

D' s Due& Do:

For the last a few weeks, I used D’s Due & do on my planner and I found it not easy to follow initially so I did some changes with it.

At first, I drew a line on the right page using orange color because I am a visual learner, to divide the due column and do column. Based on the design of my planner, I did the "school" thing on the right page and plan the rest on the left page. On the do' s column, I wrote what I would do in terms of courses.

I found it did not work after a week because I left many lines blank and did not write down the enough important for each assignment or exam, not to mention those I should do. So the goal of due and do did not achieve. So I thought that I should combine the strategy of chunking the tasks with Do & Due. After I finished with each tasks, I crossed out the tasks to make myself feel better.

I did feel more organized after the adaptation but I found my planner is messy!!! Since I am a visual and linear learner, I have to make the planner neat and easy to read. Plus, in order to keep on my mind of those tasks I did not finish on time, I divided the original Do's column into two columns, and the left is the things I need to and I write down assignments I need to make up on under the other column. As usual, when I completed with one, I put a check before it.

After the adaptations I made, I felt more confident controlling my time and being more efficient with time.

Fritter Finder:

Even though I had the planner with me every minute, I felt I wasted a lot of time and did not know what to do when I wanted to do some homework or review. I guess that was because I am a linear learner and I need to be more organized. So I listed the courses and what I have to do for everyday:

I did this with the hope that I can be more productive with this table and my planner but after several days experiment, I still did not follow the planner and this table, and I did not catch up with my assigned homework and readings. So when Dr. Blumin said in the class, " if you do what you always do, you will get what you always got", I know I have to change. After thinking about it over again, I felt I need to assign the specific course for my time, which may be helpful for me, so I tried myself with Fritter finder.Basically, I followed the steps as the fritter finder was described before, and I mixed with the table I had before and for each course I have a color to make it visually good for me.

This adapted strategy helps me to utilize time better and keep myself busy all the time!!