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Let’s admit it, everyone would like to live a well-balanced life. However, achieving that goal is not always a piece of cake. There are a lot of different factors that play into why a perfectly balanced life is so hard to achieve. Although it may be hard, it is not impossible to maintain equilibrium. The most imbalanced aspects of day-today life come from the stress of work and the stress of school. For many, this is a daily struggle. It is not always easy to find level ground but there are a few things that can help set us up to succeed. Most college students have a part-time job, some even maintain a full-time job. Along with school responsibilities, keeping up with a job in college can lead to your priorities becoming skewed. A typical, full-time college student takes a minimum of twelve credit hours. The twelve hours does not even account for the time spent doing homework and or studying. Every college student is different; therefore, no schedule will be the same. By adding a job into the mix, time-management needs to be a priority. Truthfully, it depends on who you are and how well you allot time to things. “Being in school full-time and working as a server takes a lot out of you,” said sophomore criminal justice major, Mollee Bearden. “When it comes down to it, you need to find a schedule that works best for you, so you do not fall behind.” In addition to focusing on time management, reflecting on what works best for us is crucial. Taking time to lean into what balance means to ourselves specifically gives us more insight on how to tackle balancing the things in our lives. Learning at what time we are most productive and tending to our own needs will help to create a more efficient environment for dividing up our time equally between work and school. Finding balance is a personal thing and the key to keeping balance is to know our strengths and weaknesses. Once we recognize our strengths, we will have an advantage making a concerted effort to use them effectively. Work and school are often associated with one another because of the time and effort required by each. When college students work it is uncommon to hear us complain about everything on our plate. When students are faced with juggling classes and finishing assignments and simultaneously working a customer service or retail job for extended hours, the load can become stressful and overwhelming. Even though both are time-consuming aspects of our lives, that does not mean finding the right balance always has to be stressful. Setting boundaries for ourselves can save us from getting stuck in some nerve-racking moments. <strong>No</strong>t only do boundaries help us, but they also give us space to breathe. Making it easier to come to terms with and prioritize each part of our life that you must deal with. “Setting boundaries has been my number one priority,” said Auburn University senior psychology major, Sage Turner. “I have an on-campus job and I still have to tell them when things conflict with my school schedule. It is hard to find the time to get everything done sometimes.” For different environments, it is known that people usually fulfill certain roles. For instance, while a college student who is still stuck inside the classroom, it is expected of us to respect the professor and not interrupt. That is the role of a student. If a person is at work, they may be expected to be extremely social or less reserved compared to when we are in a classroom environment. In this case, it would be assumed that they fulfilled the role of a worker. When coming to terms with boundaries that need to be set for both work and school, life becomes more enjoyable. This is because everyone knows their limits and what exactly to expect. In order to follow through with personal boundaries, it can help to communicate what feelings may be arising more than others. Transparency is always helpful when it comes to dealing with how to balance life as a student and worker. “I have an internship at a bank, I am a bartender, and I am in my last semester of college,” said senior finance and economics major at The University of Alabama, Carter Billings. “The only way I was able to have everything under control was to be honest and tell my work when school was becoming too much.” Balancing work and school is like the equivalent of finding the yin to one’s yang. These are two completely different concepts, yet the balance can work once students realize who is in control. Balance is never as easy as people make it out to be. Individuals can come to terms with going to class at 11 a.m. and being dressed and ready for work at noon. It is a student’s decision what becomes part of the schedule. Paying attention to the ways everyone works best and the routines and areas people personally thrive in will pay off. Once students gain an insight on what permits time to be utilized wisely, work and school will become pieces of life, not the whole thing. It is easy to let school and work obligations become consuming, ultimately equating life’s purpose to the amount of effort put into these aspects. By actively paying attention and setting boundaries, balancing school and a job may become much easier. [13]
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