Show ASK AS K MOM 1 G It J 0 kJ t 7 f Ii ii m 5 t 0 What can I Ido do to balance m my life I 7 x t r It r r 1 t r Kathryn Jones Dear Mom How do I 1 balance time full w work rk and school and still have a social life Sincerely So stressed I 1 can hardly stand it itt itI t I j Dear pear Stressed I 1 know just how you feel No I 1 dont don't currently work a time full job but I 1 am taking a three week anatomy and physiology class Okay people people people peo peo- warned me that it was going to be hard and yes I 1 Iwas Iwas was told that the regular semester class was difficult but I 1 thought Three weeks and Ill I'll be done Anyone can handle three weeks Currently every moment of my life is spent studying sleeping or okay eating-okay and peeing There is not much time for anything else I do have this column and the editing stuff I 1 have to do but truthfully My plate is full Im I'm glad it will only be full for three weeks and then Ican I 1 Ican can go back to normal normal you ask Living a busy life but not so busy that the most important things in life take the backseat back backseat backseat seat like friends family and getting out and just having some fun Sure you wont won't be beable beable beable able to get out every night that would be unrealistic unless you dont don't care about getting good grades and Iam I Iam Iam am supposing you want good grades because of your ques ques- tion With that said let me suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest some pointers If you work ork full full- time cut down on your class load If youre you're a brain you might be able to handle it if youre you're like the rest of us its it's truly not worth your insanity putting too much on your school plate On the theother theother theother other hand you may beable be beable beable able to cut down a bit biton biton biton on your work hours See what you can do to free up some more time for study and fun Balance your day with free freetime freetime freetime time as much muchas as possible If youre you're studying becomes a five hour stint on Tuesday your only day off for example example example exam exam- try cutting it down to two and taking a half an hour break in A half an hour in a full day will not hurt your grades and will give you that breather you need Believe me after awhile your brain shuts down anyway so why not have some fun Have the courage tomake to tomake tomake make changes when you know you are over your head A friend of mine recently dropped a class because she knew she was quickly reaching her limit Dropping a class doesn't mean you are dumb just smart enough to take care of ofa a potential problem before it becomes a real one Fin Finally all y remember rem ember you are in school and with that comes sacrifice When all is said and done you will be spending less time with friends family andall andall and andall all those fun events you wish you could go to until l you have graduated Fortunately school doesn't last forever I 1 know it seems like it but I also know that with a will I comes a way and the best way I know of to make the change from stress to success success success suc suc- I cess is to take at where you are now now and what needs to happ happen n to reach the finish line-in line one piece Mom 1 |