How I Spend My Day

HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR DAY?

There are 1440 minutes in each day. You will be keeping track of the time you spend on the following activities: (If you do not do the activity… do not include activity on your spreadsheet) Use the abbreviations when creating your spreadsheet.

School

Sleep

Studying/Homework (HW)

Job

Extracurricular Activities (EC)

Volunteer Work (VW)

Eating

Talking On The Phone (Phone)

Hanging Out With Friends (Friends)

Watching Television (TV)

Reading For Pleasure (Reading)

Hobbies/Special Interests (Hobbies)

Miscellaneous (MISC)

1. Open the log How I Spend My Day Log and use it as a form to keep track of how much time you spend on the above activities per day. You will be keeping track for three days.

2. Create 3 charts (graphs) One chart for each day. If you have zero minutes for an activity…do not include it in your chart!! Your charts need to include the following:

Header/footer

Print in landscape

Title

Data labels (cell contents or percentages)

Spell check and capitalize labels

If you have zero minutes for an activity…do not include it in your chart!!

3. Write a memo using the Standard Memo Format (You may use a Professional Memo Template in Word).

1. Describe what you learned about yourself from this activity.

2. How do you rate your time management skills?

3. How could you reorganize your day to have more time for the things you consider most important?

4. Compare and contrast how you spend your time on the weekend vs. the weekday.

5. Do you have better time management skills during the weekend or weekday? Explain.

Spell check your memo

4. Create a cover sheet that includes the following information: Click here to see a sample cover sheet:

Title

Your name

High School-Period

Date

One small graphic

Page border