I would say my biggest challenge with school right now is time management. I’m finding it hard to juggle between life here at school, home, and work.
Freshman year hasn’t been too hard as far as the work load goes but it’s hard to find a consistency with completing assignments. Currently, I’m taking five classes this semester, Music 1003, Math 2207, English 2100, Anthropology 1001, and History 1003. None of the classes have work that is too overwhelming. And for the most part all of the professors are pretty decent. Once they issue an assignment I’ll write down its due date and tell myself that it needs to get done. Usually putting it off until the weekend to start working on it because I feel I work better at home. But it’s failed to be proven true. Once I get home, I’m instantly being hit with favors from my parents or brothers and sister. Whether it is tasks around the house or driving to pick someone up from work, there’s always something that needs to be done that needs my assistance. If it’s not helping someone out then it’s working as a cashier at a supermarket for eight hours out of the day. Within the span of three days, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, I work an average of twenty four hours. It’s come to be a lot to handle. But I can’t cut back from one to focus on the other. If I stopped working as much then I won’t be able to have the money needed to transport back and forth to school. And if I decide to work more and put school on hold then I’ll be messing myself up in the long run.
Spring break coming up might just be exactly what I need. This half way mark is pivotal in being the make or break point for the rest of the semester. I’ll have to time away from both school and work to just relax and reorganize everything. Hopefully I can pan things out to work for me successfully in the future. We’ll see.
