My professional development topic was time management. Ironically, I missed the first professional development assignment. Due to poor time management skills, I did not get the assignment turned in before midnight when it was due. The last 2 semesters at Ivy Tech, spring and summer 2016, I have had poor time management skills. Procrastination is a thing I have always struggled with, and something I want to work on. Time management skills have a good deal of things behind it, such as timeliness in showing up to commitments (such as work and school), timeliness in following through with commitments (such as turning school assignments in), making sure you do things in a timely manner (avoiding procrastination), and prioritizing tasks. These all I had a wrench thrown in my whole world when my boyfriend and I broke up this semester; We live together, and it was very emotionally devastating for me. I stuck to my planner and have not missed any assignments (except the one I mentioned previously). With break ups, there comes stress. I faltered once or twice with doing homework early, but everything got turned in on time. In addition to sticking to the planner, I was lucky enough to find a job that allows me to do homework while working. I sit at my desk, answer phones when it rings, and process transactions at my desk. My laptop sits in front of me at my desk, and I have been very productive. I have completed a lot of assignments early and gotten a head start on almost all of With the ending of my relationship comes a great deal of stress. With a great amount of stress, my time management skills fail. I’ve heard the saying “idle hands are the devil’s workshop”; I plan to keep myself busy, both physically and mentally. I plan on picking up a 2nd job, I’m already looking for apartments for myself and my animals. I completed my FAFSA for next year early. I registered for spring classes early. I’m back to full-time (instead of half-time like this semester) for Spring 2017. I won’t let my past poor time management skills stop me, and I certainly won’t let the ending of my relationship stop me. It’s nothing but up from
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