Setting priorities

At the start of each week, make a list of the tasks you will have to carry out and arrange them according to this typology. This is the secret of successful planning and the best way to prevent stress.

Slab A: important and urgent activities 

Anything that needs to be done on the same day. It's almost impossible not to have activities of this kind, but you have to reduce the number of them or you risk stress, excessive tiredness and even feelings of incapacity or self-doubt.

It's impossible not to have activities of this kind.

Slab B: important, non-urgent activities

It’s not time but tâche that you value. It’s the dial for crisis prevention rather than crisis management. Write the week's important tasks on it, a good time management unit. Noting activities on it should lead you to reflect on your goals or projects, their coherence, and the balance between your different roles in life (studies, friendships, hobbies, etc.).

Slider C: activities that are not important or urgent

Note here all the activities (phone, friend, SMS, Facebook, etc.) that you haven't been able to avoid and that take you away from your work (activities A or B). At the same time, it is difficult not to have any C activities. However, if there are too many of them, you get bored of them. Perhaps you even want to have this storage space. The illusion of having very busy days (but with activities that are not very useful) goes hand in hand with losing control of your time.

P dial: activities that are not important or urgent

Note any activities that are a waste of time here, as they are neither urgent nor important. If your grid includes mainly « C » and « P » activities, ask yourself questions about your sense of responsibility and your real chances of achieving your academic goals.