I started my first job at the beginning of my senior year of high school. I had to manage work, sports, school, social life, and lots of other miscellaneous activities. I somehow managed to keep up with everything, but now that I'm in college, working and doing school is just not the same. I am balancing fewer things, but it doesn't quite feel that way. There are cons to working while in college, but there are so many pros to it, too.

Let's start out with the cons of working while in college. First off, working, in general, is not all that fun when you could be hanging out with your friends. Going to work isn't exactly the most fun thing to do after class. It's really a downer when your friends want to do something but you gotta hit them with the "I have work" excuse. Work can also get in the way of your studies. This would result in you having to cut back your work schedule because school is, obviously, more important. Your free time will basically just go to your job. If you had any amount of free time that did not involve work or studying, you would almost be too tired to do anything else besides lay in bed.