Time+Management

== Another best practice to be successful in this cohort is to set personal task timelines for each of the assignments. **Although professors give deadlines, I've experienced a generous latitude in due dates. Our instructors know that we are working full-time and have set deadlines in our profession. This is not to mention the common chores and tasks involved in maintaining a household--grocery shopping, laundry, meal planning, family visits, etc.-- that eek into each and every work week. Generous latitude in due dates is quite helpful for when you happen to have a week that is particularly full of other obligations, but be careful not to allow your assignments to pile up just because you always have "more time."**== ==**Some of us have an active social network to draw upon which requires a fair amount of our time to maintain, as well. I have found the changing of the seasons to trigger all sorts of pinings to live sensually. I want to be one with nature-- the colorful plantings, long walks or bike rides, alfresco dining, wine tastings, the smoky bbq dates, the visits to long-awaiting friends now become a priority. DO NOT CAVE TO YOUR SENSES!!! This is the time to develop your logical self. I find that developing task timelines keeps me on track, so assignments won't tend to multiply and add more anxiety to a stressful situation**, i.e. performing tasks designed to earn a good grade.== ==**Another way to reduce anxiety is to discuss with cohort members the possibility of making initial posts via Moodle, or a blog, or wiki-- by a set date (perhaps by Sunday evening after an assignment is given), in order that follow-up responses can be made by the following class date, if you're meeting one time per week. This may reduce the anxiety that having more than a fair amount of assignments due at the same time will inevitably bring. When task completion depends upon other members in the class completing or commenting on the assignment as well, it would be most beneficial to consult with each other in order to set up a time line that everyone is comfortable with and can abide by.**==