Time Blocking for Student-Athletes
Time blocking turns a chaotic schedule into a simple, repeatable plan for school and sports.
Being a student-athlete means having two full-time jobs. Without a plan, school, practice, and life pile up and create constant stress. Time blocking is a simple way to take control of your day instead of reacting to it.
Time blocking means giving each task a specific window on your schedule: school, homework, training, recovery, and downtime. It does not need to be perfect; it just needs to be intentional.
How to time block:
- Write tomorrow's schedule tonight
- Assign blocks for homework, practice, and recovery
- Protect those blocks like appointments
- Review at night: what worked, what did not
Macan et al., Time Management: Implications for Performance (1990); Gustavson & Miyake, Time Management and Academic Outcomes (2017)
Own Your Day\n• Student-athletes need a plan\n• Block time for school, sport, and recovery\n• Structure beats stress
Tonight, write a simple time-blocked schedule for tomorrow.
