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One of the best time management tips I received before grad school was to focus on the 3-5 most important things you need to do in any given day, and focus on those first.
Most of us make to-do lists with lots of small BS on them that we can feel good about crossing out. Instead, make a list every night of the most important couple of things you need to get done in the next day. That way, you don't waste any mental energy thinking about what you need to get done when you have a spare minute. Do these things before anything else!
The other thing that really worked for me as an undergrad was the quarter that I had a job as a hostess at a restaurant that was basically only busy for 2 of the 5 hour shift. I had to stay at the hostess stand, but I was allowed to keep a schoolbook there with me. I was soooo bored most of the shift that I happily did my school reading, and one shift got through 3 acts of a Shakespeare play. Moral of the story: put yourself in situations where you have nothing to do but study for a set block of time - no phone, no internet, no talking.
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