GNS 1204 Assignment 1

Report on Stress and Time Management

1. Introduction
One of the most frequent concerns and complaints of people today is that they do not
have enough time to do what they or their bosses want them to do. As a result, they
started to stress up. In fact, time management and stress management are closely related.
People often experience stress because of a lack of time management skills and feelings
of being overwhelmed by all they have to do. However, they can lessen their stress by
using smart time management techniques to help them get their work and other
responsibilities completed in a more timely fashion. Thus, a research has been conducted
on the college students of GNS 1203 to study about how they manage their time and
stress while carrying out their daily routine.
2. Background
The purpose of this report is to analyze on the relationship between time management and
stress management. Two sets of questionnaires which focus on time management and
stress management will be carried out towards the students. In the questionnaire, the
students daily routine and also how they manage their time in order to cope with their
daily routine will be asked. In addition, the other set of questionnaire helps to understand
the biggest stress that faced by those students and how they cope with their biggest and
unnecessary stress. On the rate 1 to 10, the students will have to rate their stress level
based on their current situation.
Questions
1. What are you going to do everyday?
2. Do you have a fixed daily routine?
3. How do you manage your time?
4. What is your main cause of stress?
5. How do you cope with your stress?
6. On the rate of 1-10, how do you rate
your stress level?

Rational

3. Discussion
Based on research, 60% of the students interviewed have a fixed daily routine which
means they have attended class, eat and sleep. However, 40% of their daily routine
includes working as a part timer. By having the same daily routine (attend class, eat,
sleep), those students who work have a slightly higher stress level compared to those
students who do not have to work. Nevertheless, 80% of the students who have planned
their daily or monthly schedule have a much lower stress level compared to those who do
not plan. The other 20% of the students have the highest stress level which is 8 out of 10
due to unplanned daily schedule. They do not have a fixed and systematic schedule for
daily routine to refer to so they do not know how to prioritize the urgent things and the
unnecessary things.

Besides, 40% of the students faced stress due to internal factor, their own expectation for
the studies which is considered normal for a student. Unexpectedly, 60% of the students
claimed that their main cause of stress is due to external factors which include their work,
colleagues and financial problem. Those students who faced stress due to external factors
have a high stress level compared to those who faced stress due to internal factor. This is
because those students are experiencing the stress beyond their ages. Research has also
been found that 40% of the students prefer to share their problems and stress with their
friends while 60% of them choose to use other methods which they feel comfortable and
satisfy to cope with their stress. For example, some of them prefer to sleep, shopping to
get away with their stress.
4. Conclusion
In conclusion, this report has shown that although those students are clear of their daily
routine, 20% of them are unable to manage their time well due to unplanned daily
schedule. Besides, research has proven that 60% of the students are no longer facing the
stress as a student but also as an employee or part timer. This is because they have been
forced to work due to problems like financial problem. Based on research, i would
recommend that students can consult lecturers or parents to have a more organized and
systematic master schedule of their daily routine. This is to make sure that they are able
to manage their time and stress while coping with their studies and work at the same time.
As for those who do not work, they will have to learn to have their daily schedule as well
in order to ensure their time has been used wisely. All in all, time management and stress
management are closely related.

Self reflection
In my opinion, as a student, it is important that we develop effective strategies to manage
our time to balance the conflicting demands of time for study, leisure, earning money and
job hunting. As i have been working part time for quite some time, therefore, i truly agree
that time management skills are valuable in not only job hunting, but also in many other
aspects of life. At first, I used to face problems like not having enough time to do
everything I need to do. This eventually has led to a build up of stress. After all these
years, I have begun to learn to adjust my routines and patterns of behavior to reduce any
time-related stress in my lives.
First of all, I will bring along my To-Do-List whenever I go. Everyday before I go to
bed, I will write what are the things that I have to do tomorrow and the dateline as well so
that I will not miss out anything important. By having this, I am able to differentiate the
urgent tasks and the important tasks. For instance, I will give priority to my studies.
Whenever I receive the assignment given by lecturers, I will set a dateline for myself. I
will fixed a date which is usually a week before the actual dateline for myself to complete
the whole assignment. This will ensure that I am able to complete and hand up my
assignment on time. Besides, I will also estimate and make a remark on the week that I
will possible to have my small test so that I am able to allocate some time for my
revision. I will also spare some precious time with my family to relax myself and to have
a good bonding with them.
Nevertheless, my second priority will be given to Y-MAD community. I set a clearly
defined goals of what I wish to achieve by doing all those activities. Then I will start to
break the tasks down into steps and do one task at a time. After that, I will revise the
plans and have a contingency plan as well. Lastly, I will fill up my free time with those
part time jobs that I am interested and able to cope with. I will usually work for half day
during weekend. For example, I will usually participating in Marathon as volunteer
during weekend. By doing so, I am able and to money and at the same learn new things
every week. The other half day I will spend my time with my friends or family with
activities such as shopping, and exercising. In my opinion, spending time to relax
ourselves is also one of the best way to release stress. Although some of the people will
rather prefer to spend a few more hours of their free time to earn a little bit more money, I
truly believe that our health is the most precious treasure in this world. Hence, no matter
how pack is my timetable, I will make sure that I spend some of my time to relax myself
and use the time wisely by doing something meaningful.

To-Do-List
Day
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Saturday
Sunday

Things to be done
1. REAP Journal
2. Report & Self Reflection
3. Cover letter & Resume
4. Proposal
5. Work Jumpstreet
1. Meet Mr Yee
2. Brainstorm Session
3. MPW 1133 Assign
4. Work Jumpstreet
5. Gathering
1. Work Jumpstreet
2. Weekly meeting
3. Recreation
1. Work Jumpstreet
2. COM 2111 Test
3. Proposal
1. Work Jumpstreet
2. MPW 1133 Test
3. Email
4. Briefing
1. Work Jumpstreet
2. Badminton
3. Revision
1. Marathon
2. REAP journal

Dateline
23/1/2015
24/1/2015
25/1/2015
4/2/2015
9am - 3pm
12pm - 1pm
1pm - 3pm
1/2/2015
3pm - 6pm
7pm - 10pm
9am - 1pm
3pm - 6pm
6pm - 8pm
12pm - 4pm
5pm - 8pm
26/1/2015
9am - 12pm
1pm - 2pm
28/1/2015
7pm - 9pm
1pm - 5pm
7pm - 9pm
9pm - 11pm
4am - 12pm
1/2/2015