Gabi Pontell's Ranking Priorities

This week's blog topic is Ranking Priorities.

Ranking priorities was designed to help students indicate which assignments are most important and need to be done first.

FIRST,
Create a list of all work that needs to get done

SECOND,
Rank each assignment according to:
A = Absolutely essential***
B = Important**
C = Optional*

THIRD,
Group the tasks by letter and rank numerically within each group
(A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2...)

FOURTH,
Start with A tasks and complete assignments in order of importance


Using my D's Do and Due Organizer, I knew which assignments I had to complete by certain dates. Now, by ranking my priorities, I can see which assignments are imperative for me to complete first, and which assignments are not as important, or optional.

Here is my list of priorities:















My list of priorities shows that I need to complete my work in this order:
1. CLS Faculty Interview Project Arts and Ideas Interview
2. CLS Faculty Interview Project Addictions in Cultural Context Interview
3. Choose topic for Addictions Project
4. Chapter 10: Drugs and Society
5. Political Science reading
6. Nutrition 225 extra credit
7. Read 4th edition textbook chapters for HOA 106

RED indicates my A (absolutely essential) work
ORANGE indicates my B (Important) work
YELLOW indicates my C (Optional) work


This strategy was beneficial and effective because it helped me identify my most important assignments that I need to complete first. Normally, I would just choose one of my assignments to do in no specific order. Now, I see how important and smart it is to do the assignments of the highest importance first, and the less important or optional work after. Making a list of priorities and ranking them in order of importance is a simple way to organize your work load and doesn't take long to make.

Also, I am glad I can incorporate last week's Tech topic, Time Management, into this weeks blog by using the weekly and monthly planner to see what my assignments are and when they are due. Both strategies are effective when used together and ultimately showed me how to use my time effectively and prioritize my assignments.