Between homework, friends, studying, procrastinating, and commuting, where can college students find the time to do everything? Good grades, social life, or sleep, pick two. It seems that college students are like rubber bands being pulled and stretched, just waiting to snap. Some just let the stress build up, and before they know it, they have lost the chance to have the full college experience—one including a social life, good grades, and relaxation.
One of the first things students lost was their personal time. Activities like reading, drawing, watching TV, and exercising—all down the drain. Will students ever be able to manage their time well? I don’t think I will be able to.
College is all about adjusting; but adjusting is difficult. The first step to change is time managements. Its common sense that we should prioritize our assignments, but doing so while maintaining a social life seems nearly impossible. For me, socializing must be partially given up in order to contribute more time into studies. Once time management is discovered, it will be the beginning of a whole new college experience—it is the key to success in college. If time is managed well, students will be able to find time to maintain a social life with friends and family while doing well in school at the same time. There will even be time for sleeping and cooking proper meals! Hah, easier said than done. Sleep, that’s hilarious, what kind of college student has time for sleep? What? You’re asking me about my time management skills? I think I left it back in bed. How did everyone else manage to get through their freshman year? Good grades, social life, or sleep—which two choices did they pick?
It seems that the workload—from reading to writing essays and studying for tests—is just taking over everyone’s lives. Is this all we will be doing for the rest of our years in college? Is this what we really want? I sure don’t want that. The great college experience that everyone’s been talking about… doesn’t seem possible to attain.
