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How To Build The Perfect Study Plan

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  1. START HERE

    College Is Different Than High School
  2. College Should Be Fun
  3. Why Your Grades Matter
  4. What Is a Real Study Plan?
  5. FIND YOUR STUDY TIME
    Schedule
  6. Awake Time
  7. Commitments
  8. Me Time
  9. How to Build Your Schedule in Shovel
  10. Commute Time
  11. Adjust Study Time
  12. Month View
  13. Study Time Recap
  14. CALCULATE YOUR WORKLOAD
    What Is Workload?
  15. Everything In One Place
  16. Import Tasks
  17. Create Tasks
  18. Due Dates
  19. Task Categories
  20. Estimate Tasks
  21. Reading Tasks
  22. Start Dates
  23. Create Repeat Tasks
  24. Adjust Multiple Tasks at Once
  25. Workload Recap
  26. KNOW IF YOU CAN GET IT DONE
    Can You Get It Done?
  27. Cushion Example
  28. How to Make the Cushion Positive
  29. See Your Cushion in the Plan Sidebar
  30. Cushion Recap
  31. TIME-BLOCK YOUR TASKS
    Time-Blocking (Planning)
  32. Ways to Plan
  33. Time Left to Plan
  34. How Far Out to Plan
  35. Big Study Blocks
  36. Small Study Blocks
  37. Planning Exams
  38. Time-Blocking Recap
  39. TRACK & ADJUST
    Check Things Off or Replan
  40. Make Adjustments
  41. Adjust Time per Page
  42. Flexibility
  43. Personalize
  44. NEXT STEPS
    Where You Are Now
  45. Next Steps

When you first estimate the time needed to read one page in each reading source, you don't know if that estimate will be accurate. Your readings may get more challenging as you get deeper into the semester, or you may find yourself reading faster than you initially expected. What’s important is keeping your estimates accurate so you always leave yourself enough time to get your readings done on time.

To do this, record how many pages you read during a planned study block when marking the time as used. Shovel will calculate your average time per page and compare it with your initial estimated time per page for that reading source. It will show you both and allow you to adjust your estimate to today's average or keep the old estimate.

We suggest always adjusting to today's average so that your estimates for future readings are as accurate as possible. Don’t worry—Shovel will apply this change automatically to all the readings from that reading source. This way, you'll always leave yourself the right amount of time to get each reading done on time. And again, if your new time per page is slower, check your cushion to make sure you still have enough time to get everything done on time.