10 minutes late until English. 30 minutes left to send in my math assignment, but 60 minutes worth remains unfinished. Class starts early. The train is running late. Sociology professor throws me a disgruntled look as I walk in 5 minutes late. One assignment due tomorrow, and I think another may have been due late night. No time for breakfast today (or ever). No time for sleep either. No free time. No relaxing time. Just not enough time.

Go to class Monday through Thursday. Go to yoga (if there’s enough time this week). Volunteer Friday. Work Saturday and Sunday. Find time to do homework. Find time to study. Find time to see boyfriend, maybe family, and possibly friends. Oh! Sleep. If there is time enough, I have to sleep, but never later than until 8:30. And when Monday comes around again, repeat the process…and double the cups of coffee.

If I am not doing something productive with my time, then I feel that I am wasting it. If I have a free day, I see it as an empty space on my resume. But I try to put aside time for myself and for people that I want to spend my limited amount of free time with. The busy schedule I built for myself during Baruch forces me to prioritize and cut out many extraneous activities, so even though I have very little free time now, I make sure to spend it wisely; in the right way and with the right people. I’m just having trouble finding balance. Baruch is putting my time management skills to the ultimate test, even outside the reaches of the school.