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My Prioritization Time Hack: How I Made It to the Ball and Met My Deadline
The time when I did an all-nighter before an end presentation but not because of it
I’m telling you a story that should question your way of prioritizing.
At some point, I started to prioritize like crazy. I didn’t have much time, and I wanted to do everything this semester:
- 3 semester projects (all group projects)
- volunteering at my student organization
- exams
- living my life
This led to me doing an all-nighter before a semester project end presentation, not because of it but because I went to the university ball.
I got the free ticket from volunteering, and I knew I was usually done the day before with all the stuff for the submission.
Well, my project partner wasn’t. She also did an all-nighter, but because of the deadline.
I danced the waltz at the Hofburg in Vienna (yes, we have our ball there). My partner finished her tasks until 5 am.
At the same time, I went home and finished our poster for the presentation at 9 am.
I don’t remember if we did a great presentation but the poster looked good.
Prioritization and everything is possible
Why am I telling you this?
I want to show you everything is possible if you prioritize and manage your time.
I prioritized my project the weeks before, and I was done in time to go to the ball.
Going out during the exam period isn’t a good idea, but it is possible.
I prioritized the ball over my presentation, and I managed my time the few weeks before so I would have the time.
That’s the goal of time management for me: to do what you want to do with your time.
If that means giving everything I have to the project now to be able to go to a ball in a few weeks, then I will do that.
