Podcast Episode 95: Top 1L Questions: Time and Life Management

Welcome back! Today we’re talking about a perennial 1L problem area: organizing your time and your life so you can get everything done in law school and still be a somewhat normal human being. Law school requires a lot of time, but so do other important areas of your life. Find out how to fit everything in without having a breakdown!

In this episode we discuss:

• The law school obligations that need to find a place in your schedule
• Non-academic activities that you might consider scheduling as well
• Time-saving strategies for handling mundane, but necessary, errands
• Making productive use of study breaks during off-peak hours of the day
• The importance of sleep and concentrated focus (vs. multitasking)
• Maintaining open, honest communication with the other people in your life about your law school time demands
• Various apps and tools to help you gain control over your time and stick to your schedule

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Resources:

• Start Law School Right Course
• Podcast Episode 89: The Leap from Undergrad to Law School (with Keri Clapp)
• How to Calendar Your Way to Better Grades and More Free Time
• 10 Reasons to Exercise in Law School
• 6 Ways to Make Time to Exercise in Law School
• Amazon Subscribe and Save
• AmazonFresh
• Five Myths About the Law School Study Group
• Podcast Episode 24: Job Search Basics for 1Ls
• Let’s Talk About Sleep
• Wired to Eat, by Robb Wolf
• How to Maximize Your Sleep
• Is Tryptophan Plus Outlining a Recipe for Disaster? How to Decide Whether to Go Home for Thanksgiving in Law School
• Parenting in Law School: Surviving Your 1L Year While Raising a Family
• The Battle of Commuting to Law School
• Podcast Episode 88: Self-Care Tips for Keeping Your Mojo in Law School
• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, by Cal Newport
• One “Think” at a Time: Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work
• Trello
• Calendly

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