How To Build The Perfect Study Plan
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START HERE
College Is Different Than High School -
College Should Be Fun
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Why Your Grades Matter
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What Is a Real Study Plan?
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FIND YOUR STUDY TIMESchedule
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Awake Time
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Commitments
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Me Time
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How to Build Your Schedule in Shovel
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Commute Time
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Adjust Study Time
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Month View
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Study Time Recap
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CALCULATE YOUR WORKLOADWhat Is Workload?
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Everything In One Place
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Import Tasks
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Create Tasks
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Due Dates
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Task Categories
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Estimate Tasks
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Reading Tasks
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Start Dates
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Create Repeat Tasks
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Adjust Multiple Tasks at Once
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Workload Recap
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KNOW IF YOU CAN GET IT DONECan You Get It Done?
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Cushion Example
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How to Make the Cushion Positive
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See Your Cushion in the Plan Sidebar
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Cushion Recap
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TIME-BLOCK YOUR TASKSTime-Blocking (Planning)
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Ways to Plan
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Time Left to Plan
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How Far Out to Plan
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Big Study Blocks
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Small Study Blocks
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Planning Exams
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Time-Blocking Recap
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TRACK & ADJUSTCheck Things Off or Replan
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Make Adjustments
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Adjust Time per Page
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Flexibility
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Personalize
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NEXT STEPSWhere You Are Now
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Next Steps
How Far Out to Plan
There is no need to plan your tasks too far in advance. We suggest sitting down for five minutes every Sunday night to plan for the next week. Do this by filtering the plan sidebar with tasks due next week and the tasks within their start date. This way, you prepare for the immediate and start planning the bigger tasks that are due further out. This approach ensures your task list will be relatively short and free of the small tasks that are not yet relevant. Your goal should be to have these filtered tasks fully planned. Then, every evening when you finish studying for the day, we recommend reviewing your progress and making any necessary adjustments to your upcoming day. Then just check if any bigger tasks that are within their start date showed up on the list. If they did, start planning them out.