Controlling Chaos

 

TIME MANAGEMENT MATRIX BY STEPHEN COVEY

🟩 Quadrant I: Important and Urgent (Do it now!)

🟨 Quadrant II: Important but Not Urgent (Plan it!)

🟥 Quadrant III: Not Important but Urgent (Delegate or Reduce!)

⬜ Quadrant IV: Not Important and Not Urgent (Avoid!)

Categorise in the right quadrant

• I spend Sunday evenings planning my study schedule for the week.

  My teacher suddenly announces that the project must be submitted before lunch.

  I keep scrolling through social media late at night for no reason.

  I stop my homework to answer every message that pops up on my phone.

  I’m learning to play guitar because I enjoy music and want to get better at it.

  I revise for tomorrow’s test so that I don’t forget the key points.

  I attend a meeting that isn’t really useful to me, but my friend insisted.

  I play video games for two hours even though I haven’t started my homework.

  I help my mother with urgent grocery shopping before guests arrive.

  I exercise every morning to stay healthy.

  I check my phone whenever someone sends a random forward message.

  I am helping my group set up our exhibition table just before the judges arrive.

  I attend a long discussion that could easily have been an email.

  I watch online videos just to pass time.

  I prepare my notes and bag at night so I’m ready for school in the morning.

  I rush to finish my project because the deadline is today.

  I practice meditation daily to manage stress.

  I answer a classmate’s small request that interrupts my planned study session.

  I waste time gossiping during study period.

  I set monthly goals for improving my reading speed and writing skills.