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" As an RA, life gets pretty hectic. Any college student&amp;#039;s life is full of all nighters, parties, study sessions, classes, exams and stress, but when responsibility for a dorm and 200+ residents is suddenly yours, life is just that much more exhausting. I must admit, this RA business is much more than I expected it to be, there is just so much to do. Weekly duty from dusk til dawn, (sometimes a few times a week, I have 4 nights in a row coming up!), weekly staff meeting, monthly programming, hall council events, residence life meetings, photo opportunities, and resident issues. All of these things come with the RA badge, and time management isn&amp;#039;t just recommended, it&amp;#039;s more of a survival tool. When it comes to time management, I&amp;#039;ve learned to make it a priority. Every Sunday night, I sit down and print out a weekly schedule. In this schedule, I block out all times for classes, meetings, dinners, programs and duty. By doing this, I am able to see exactly where I have time to study, go out, etc. I also make sure important times such as an exam are highlighted in a certain color. This makes is much easier when I need to focus on an event and the time leading up to it. After I have finished this, I write down the items that are due for that day under it. This also gives me an easy place to mark it off when I&amp;#039;m done with the task. On top of using the weekly schedule, I carry around a daily planner that contains my daily to-do list and due dates. You can find a daily planner at any bookstore, and I get my weekly schedule online. One thing I&amp;#039;ve learned is that one of the greatest feelings comes when you realized that you have finished a task. That feeling of relief and accomplishment is often enough to motivate you to move on and complete the next task. I hope everyone is learning great time management skills, it is so crucial as a student and I promise it will only make your life easier. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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