Leverage Your Learning Style to Manage Time

Leverage Your Learning Style to Manage Time

Jun 25

Written By Cheryl Gigler

Analog clock with icons for sight, sound, and touch, representing learning styles.

You can leverage your learning style to help you more effectively manage time! Here’s how it works:

Visual learning icons: an analog clock, digital timer, and hourglass on a purple background. — **For Visual Learners**

Are you a visual learner? That means you will want to *see* time.
An analogue clock, that is a clock with a face and hands, is beneficial for people with ADHD. You can more easily see time lapse.
Liquid timers are visual and often appeal to people with inattentive ADHD, as they tend to move slowly.
Sand timers are often effective for people with hyperactive-impulsive ADHD because they move quickly.
The Taylor Multi Alert Digital Timerlights up and vibrates, making it ideal for visual learners.

Hand holding a phone showing a stopwatch counting up, representing auditory time tracking. — **For Auditory Learners**

If you are an auditory learner, you will want to *hear* time.
Set alarms on your phone to serve as reminders.
Ask Alexa or a digital assistant for a reminder.
Ask a friend or co-worker to remind you when it's time to go to a meeting or wrap up a task.
Create a song loop or an activity playlist. A familiar timed song acts as an auditory clock and will cue transitions, helping you to move more easily from task to task. You can create a dopamine loop by repeating the same song. Time your routines and match the energy of the song with the task at hand.
Mentally rehearse what you have to do in a day and speak it out loud.

Pink star character wearing a vibrating smartwatch, representing kinesthetic time awareness. — **For Kinesthetic Learners**

If you are a kinesthetic learner, you will want to *feel* time.
Set your Smart Watch to vibrate to feel alarms and notifications.
Use a wristband with a wearable timer that vibrates.
Wear an armband that you can slip your phone into to vibrate, especially if you move around a lot on the job.
The X-Wlang 3 in 1 Alert Timer vibrates, beeps and flashes, making it easy to notice.

Get on top of time today! Check out your primary learning style on https://educationplanner.org or https://vark-learn.com.

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