I find that I struggle a lot with time management and making sure I get everything done without stressing myself out, but still giving myself time to relax. One of my classes in particular this semester has a very intense workload, even though it is a gen ed course. Every week I need to read a chapter from the textbook, do an assignment in which I need to answer roughly 60 questions as well as do a quiz and a discussion post. I do enjoy the class and I don’t mind the homework; I like to learn about aspects of business, but the amount that needs to be done overwhelms me on top of my other coursework. This class also has 2 group projects that need to be done, and my groupmate is not very helpful when I am trying to get things done. I have already completed one of the projects which was to create a business pitch and record a presentation. For the other project we need to put together a presentation to teach a topic from the chapter that was assigned to us. It stresses me out more when I not only have to get myself to do the work as well as trying to get someone else to do their part of the work.
It is also difficult to make time to get work done for my job when I am constantly thinking about how I should be doing this assignment, or working on this paper, or whatever it happens to be. I have a flexible job in that I can choose when to get the work done, but I do still have a deadline each week for when it needs to be completed. Part of what I need to do with that is reaching out to other employees to get them to confirm parts of the information that I can only get from them. I tend to overthink when I have things I need to get done, and that leads to me procrastinating, which then stresses me out as all I can think about is ‘just go do the thing. Just sit down and go do it. I have been learning how to manage myself better, but it is definitely a work-in-progress.