Handout Exercise How students use time (15 Mins)

Invite some of the participants to share their feelings about time utilisation. Then explain the importance of time using the following slide or visual aid.

Invite some of the trainees to share their feelings about time utilisation. Do they feel they are using their time well? Do they never have time for anything? Ask them, whether they are using their time properly? 

Do they waste time? At home, at work? If yes, where? List the key areas of time wastage during the day. Highlight that some areas are in the trainee’s control, some are not

: Handout Exercise How students use time (15 Mins)

Activities	Not in my control	In my control
Home
Phone calls private
Aimless chatting
Power cuts
Delay of bus / traffic jam
Queuing for something
Making mistakes and having to re-do the assignment
Not doing anything
Forgetting things
Postponing activities
At work/training
Instructor is late
Power cuts
Machine defects
Bad planning of workday
Too much chatting with colleagues
Rooming around, no focus
Working tools are not in place
Workplace is not clean
Others

Ask trainees how they feel when they are ‘wasting time’. How it feels when it is not in their control and when it is in their control. What impact does it have if one wastes time?