Getting It Together!!!!!

Hey remember you’re good old strategies such as the Target Planner and Ranking Priorities? Well, I have and they NEVER fail to help me when I am in a time of need to get assignments completed. So this week I had many assignments due which is usually the case every week except this weekend was Halloween Weekend so I needed to have all my work done before the Halloween festivities began. What better way to plan my schedule out than to use Ranking Priorities?! The aim of this week was to have all of my assignments completed before or by Friday 11/28 and low and behold I did!

Because I was so fascinated by the way one of my blog team members used the Ranking Priorities Strategy on his iPod, I decided to incorporate the same strategy on my iPhone. It’s a quick and easy way to list everything that needs to be accomplished and since I always carry my phone around this was very convenient. Ranking priorities helped me categorize the numerous tasks and responsibilities I had this week for the majority of my courses. I was then able to identify which of those tasks needed the most immediate attention. After creating a list of everything that needed to be done, I ranked each items on the list according to the following:

A=Absolutely essential

B=Important

C=Optional

I then grouped the items by letters and ranked them numerically within each group according to due dates and their difficulty level. Because I am a visual and kinesthetic LEARNER I was able to visualize my most important tasks that needed to be done first. Seeing what assignments I needed to do, got me started to take ACTION as soon as possible and get these assignments completed!

In my HTW 303 course I used the Target Planner Strategy for my Environmental Health Risk Assessment Project. Since this project is a long-term assignment, the target planner was the best strategy for me to divide the project into smaller tasks. I divided the Environmental Health Risk Assessment Project into smaller steps. I then assigned a due date for when each of these steps should be completed by in order to keep myself on task. Afterwards, I drew small circles to create a bull’s eye target planner. I used my own adaptations and instead of having the inner circle be the main goal, the outer circle was the main target. I labeled each circle with its steps and due dates progressing me towards completing the assignment. I am still working on this assignment, but so far the Target Planner has me on task with when each of the previous steps should be completed.

(Target Planner for HTW 303 Environmental Health Risk Project)

I have used both the Target Planner and Ranking Priorities strategies before and it’s safe to say these strategies will lead you to the right way!