The Workload! =(

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good weekend =)
I just wanted to start off by saying we have officially been in college for a MONTH! How exciting is that?!
The purpose of this blog post is to talk about the workload which I'm sure all of you know about very well. Haha it seems like the work just never ends! From the studying, to the reading to the essays. It just doesn't seem to have an ending point.
The work has been insane! When all this work first started piling up, I thought to myself... how am I still going to have a life? I'll have no time! =( But then I thought to myself, "oh okay... I'll just have to manage my time." Trust me, it was NOT easy at first, procrastination and random stuff coming up did not help me one bit! But as time progressed, I made time for school work and time for a social life. I got more and more use to this idea of working around a schedule... Not an intense one, but still something to follow to help me stay organized. I've been trying my best to keep to it too.
College is no joke, which Im sure all of you have realized. I started to realize that as soon as all the work started coming. This is the complete opposite of being a "second semester senior" in high school and I realized that I needed to focus and set my mind to doing my best.
Last week, my english professor gave us some tips on how to be successful in college. "Take advantage of every vacation day. The best way to fall behind is to do the work as it comes along" (Jacques). I thought about that when I got home and it's SOOO true! At the beginning of the semester, your professor gives you a syllabus. Follow the syllabus and do each assignment ahead of time. If I do the work ahead of time, I'll know what's going on in class (instead of relying on the homework that night for clarity) and the days before the work is due, I'll have some time to myself. Another thing I realized is that the work never ends. We might as well NOT procrastinate, figure out our daily schedules and make time for homework everyday. Cramming does not help, so it's better to get ahead than just being clueless and relying on yourself the night before a test to study everything. I am so grateful to have these past few days off due to bed bugs/ Yom Kippur (ps. Happy Holiday!). These past few days have really given me an opportunity to catch up with some of the work that I have been behind on and also, some time to just relax.
Even before college started, I knew that I would have A LOT of reading/writing to do... but I wasn't prepared for this much! It's crazy! Now that it has officially been a month of school, I am finally getting into the hang of things, focusing on my work, but at the same time... having a social life. I know the idea of "managing your time" is easier said than done, especially for us with everything going on. But we just have to try. I did and it actually helped me out A LOT. Making a schedule/managing your time socially and academically is the best to do (even though that may sound corny) and procrastinating/cramming is the worse. Haha trust me, I learned the hard way within the first 3 weeks and being sooo behind in my chapters for textbook readings =/ So focus everyone! And stay on top of your work instead of partying/pushing everything to the side for "later" =)
Till the next post! Have a good week!