Keeping a Calendar in College

[@birdking9859]

It took me years of trial and error to figure out I need to do this. I thought I was just a bad or forgetful person, but when I started college I realized I had just never been taught time management skills. I now use my phone to remind myself to do little things at certain times (because I always have it with me and the notification will yell at me - I figured I couldn't train myself to remember to check a paper calendar) in addition to noting down get togethers as soon as they're planned.

[@JamesGarner-dn2mk]

Get up, dress up, show up. Using a calendar now, would like to be a more reliable person. Thank you for this video professor.

[@durianjaykin3576]

I started a calendar because of you, and it was tedious to set it up at first, but wow, it really feels so much better. Thank you so much :)

[@Daniel-tx2vt]

I started discarding people who perpetually double-book appointments and don't keep calendars as well. Not only has it freed up time for me, but Im less stressed out everytime a person like this suggests we set up a time.

[@AM-kn5kr]

It is important to plan things that we enjoy in our calendar, so we actually use them. There is evidence that the most successful students don't stop using their calendars because of this strategy. If we only write down things that we need to do, we will only become more stressed. Most students also over plan what they will do, stress out, and stop using their calendars after a couple weeks.

[@iamGeo.]

Great Discovery I found, Your channel Dr.💯🙌🏾

[@Thelordmagedon]

I should have kept a calendar to remind me to watch this video on time.

[@sheepshark]

I am going to watch this whole series if I ever go to grad school

[@peterbowman-davis8594]

Dr. Kaplan, I'm not sure if you have yet recorded your video on note taking that you had mentioned in your "To Do Well In College" video, but I am (and I'm sure others are, as well!) very interested in what you have to say on the matter. Your previous videos on both philosophy and practical college tips have been very helpful to me, thank you! (P.S., you should come to Yale!)

[@profjeffreykaplan]

I have written the lecture on how to take notes, but I haven't recorded and edited it yet. Here the rundown of all the lectures planned for the series: Motivation 1. You Have Taken a Financial Risk 2. College is Harder, So Learn Study Skills How to Do Well 3. Work Efficiently 4. Make Your Courses Easy 5. Try to Actually Lean 6. How to Read a Syllabus 7. How to Maintain a Calendar (and Have a Happy Life) 8. How to Defeat Procrastination (Yes, Really, with Motivation Harvesting) 9. How to Read 10. How to Memorize 11. How to Take Notes 12. Beware of Self-Sabotage & Imposter Syndrome 13. Maintain Intellectual Endurance Interacting with Professors 14. Office Hours, Email Etiquette, Letters of Recommendation, etc. Use College Resources 15. Writing Center, Mental Health Resources, Advising, etc. Miscellaneous Advice 16. Knowing When to Quit 17. Personal Financial Literacy As you can see, I am not quite half way through, and how to take notes is coming up soon. As for Yale, tell them to hire me!

[@DanFFA]

​@@profjeffreykaplanFirst, thank you for your time spent on these. These are both insightful and helpful. If you have time over the Summer, I would really appreciate the lecture on using college resources. I personally tend to 'go it alone' & 'tough it out' instead at University, as it's hard for me to recognize WHEN I need help until it's already too late and I've suffered the consequences. Another subject of interest which I don't see listed here: A video covering your graduate student paper remarked on your website and what you did differently to go "considerably beyond the level necessary" for success.​

[@zackattack9228]

Damm the first minute was brutal😭would love to have friends like them

[@oresmaa6656]

it is exciting to watch your videos

[@molo8657]

More videos please!! ❤

[@YuFanLou]

When do you plan to teach your 5-year-old (now 6-year-old?) child how to keep a calendar? How would you teach him? What if he fails to learn it?

[@TanyaRomelus]

I love this I was laughing the whole time 😂😂😂. Especially because I just wrapped up my 1st semester of nursing school and I have no exam to worry about 😂😂😂.

[@anonymoususer4356]

Great video, thank you!

[@andressuva3068]

Professor Kaplan is very organized.

[@dataperson7067]

I currently keep a colander for personal events, so dates, departures, meetings etc, but for school I keep a to-do list. I find the advantages of the to-do list is that I dont have to flip though any pages to know when X must be done by, or the quantity of work that I have; furthermore, I can write more detailed notes about the assignment. Any comment or disadvantage to the to-do list system?

[@niteeshbihade1789]

Okay. Understood - it is important to keep a calendar. Any tips on how to do that effectively? Thanks for the video though!

[@brendanward2991]

Oh, you mean "diary"! Now I get it.

[@mgetommy]

Good video

[@diane-s3391]

Do you use one Google calendar for both personal and work or are they separate?

[@jurgenmeyer7602]

Never keep a calendar so you forget the things that aren't important to you

[@Purplinessky]

Nah bro im not doin all of that