Relacionar Columnas Adulting skills first stepsVersión en línea This matching game will have you link "adulting" goals to concrete actions you can take to build them into your life. por Erica Sausner 1 Make the best use of your time. 2 Staying motivated during boring work. 3 Avoiding deadline overload. 4 Managing competing priorities 5 Avoiding procrastination. 6 Planning maintenance healthcare and wellbeing activities. 7 Identifying the kinds of time management skills you need to build. 8 Creating a new healthy habit. 9 Achieving a health, wellness, or productivity-based goal. 10 Creating a budget Classify your “to-do” list according to the kind of brain space you need. E.g., if you do your best thinking between 3 and 8 p.m., make that HW time; leave meal prep and exercise (less brain-intense activities) outside of that timeframe. Build "brain breaks" into your work time to allow for creativity and rest. Set small goals for yourself at the end of each day and work through those goals the following day. Dedicate your birthday date each month to prioritizing attending to these issues (e.g., my birthday is October 23, so on the 23rd of every month I could make a point to schedule doctors appointments, refill prescriptions, and complete a mental health journal activity). Use a time/activity tracker for a week then analyze your data. Tracking your spending for a week and tally your monthly expenses. Identify your weekly priorities on a scheduling tool (calendar, tasks, to-do list, etc.). Backwards map from due dates. Draw on your personal, academic, financial, and other values to identify "must do" and "should do" tasks. Find an accountibili-buddy: a friend who shares this goal and will follow up with you on your practice, success, barriers, and alternative approaches Tie the new activity to a habit you already have. E.g., Writing in your journal while you eat breakfast.