Some practical advice  … don’t learn them the hard way like I did 🙁

• Keep work and school separate.
• Have a calendar. Write things down.
• PLAN! PLAN! PLAN! Work smarter, not harder!
• Check for updates on school/ class websites (BLACKBOARD- Whenever it’s working 🙁
• Make new friends. Great networking opportunity. Your future business partner may be sitting next to or across from you.
• Communicate to your employer, friends, families, partners, and clients of your new schedule and commitment.

AND REMEMBER …

• For that final test you have coming up,  it’s OK to ask for a day off from work or to leave early if necessary. Think about it, its’ just a personal day but a louzy grade lasts forever.

• Your blackberry may be your best friend during the semester but its OK. Your true friends will wait for you.

• Live sometimes!! It’s okay to go wine tasting, go to dinner with friends, have a movie night, or just be lazy and stay in bed for a day. It will help you to manage the stress.

• Remember why you are pursuing your Graduate degree  and DO NOT GIVE UP!!!
• Keep your eyes on the prize.

Any more practical advice you think will help make the balance between “Grad school and everything else” a little more manageable?

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