In the beginning of my new college life, I was not stressed and was excited to start a new chapter in my life. I was excited to live on my own and get the feeling of what it is like in the “real world”. After my first two weeks of classes, time management was not a problem. I was able to wake up on time to get to my classes, I was able to get the motivation to go to my classes, I was able to do my own laundry, and I was able to clean my dorm room without being told to do so. This was a big life change for me, but I was able to do it without any trouble. Now as the weeks have gone by, I am definitely noticing a change in my motivation to do these tasks that were so simple before. I have been stressed over my classes and homework. Along with the classes and homework, I now have late-night volleyball practices for the club team that I am on. I also have meetings for other clubs that I am in as well.
Not only am I starting to stress over school and clubs, but I too have been stressing over finding free time. I noticed that I have been in trouble finding free time to eat meals, spend time with friends, and do dorm room chores. This was never a problem for me before college and finding time to do these kinds of necessities is very important for me. Although school work comes first, I do think that having time to be social, eat, and do chores is very important too. The way I have been finding time to do these tasks is by overlapping and timing my schedule. For example, instead of eating dinner and then hanging out with friends, I invite my friends to get dinner with me and talk during that. I also make sure that I leave after about an hour. As another example, instead of doing chores one by one, I put my laundry in the machines and then I race myself to clean my dorm room before the timer goes off for my laundry to be done. This has been helping me but still gives me plenty of stress. That is why I am going to work on creating a schedule where I can work through my stress and become more successful and comfortable in college.