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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
I have another query for college veterans. How the **** do you manage to get everything done and still have some time for personal life? I have done NOTHING but work from sun up to sun down for a week and a half. I get up at eight, I have class until 2, I read and make notes until 10 PM and then I repeat the process.
It's taking a toll on me. I just want an hour or two in a day to listen to some music or do some artwork, but there's just no time. I can't even fathom getting to go home and see my family or get a shift in at work.
The stress is going to kill me. I don't know how other people get through either A) doing all this work or B) by not doing it.
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At that rate, you are going to burn yourself out. Please, please, please don't do that! Burnout is not fun and it's not healthy.
It's important to take a little time for yourself everyday and not work so vigorously on note taking and reading after class! Okay, I'm not going to impart my somewhat abysmal study habits on you (lol), but I have such a busy academic life so far this year that I've scheduled
every little thing that happens in my life into my agenda, and that includes free time and time to spend with family, friends, and my boyfriend and everything that I want to do with them. It's just so I know how much time I've allotted for everything during the day, and that includes weekends.
Would it be possible for you to spread your homework and assignments out through the week (including weekends during off hours from work), so that you can end your day at a certain time every day (unless you have to work), and after that time has passed you don't work anymore. For example I've been able to manage my time so that I can just chill or do whatever I need to do for ME by 7 or 8 PM every night.
I also have a rule for myself that when I'm eating a meal, I don't bother with schoolwork. Honestly, the least you can do is take short little breaks like that, they really help.