Writing papers, a topic that many people loath, will be covered by me this week! To be completely honest, doing homework after such a long summer break has to be the most challenging thing I have ever encountered in college besides working a 50 hour work week. As much as I can google how to write a proper thesis, my mind constantly changes. Close friends and coworkers always rave about how their college experience is going and it makes me a bit envious; they attest that it is possible to balance out the a hectic work week, going to parties and writing stellar papers. However, finding this balance, in my opinion, is a one in a million chance and these are a few reasons why I think this way.
After a long day at work, it is difficult to even fathom to writing an 8 page paper and keep myself awake at the same time. I constantly find myself dozing off on my keyboard and waking up with my paper containing run on sentences and gibberish. Honestly, I cannot even imagine being an active member in a student run organization and doing everything I normally do on a normal basis. Sleep always triumphs an active social life in my book.
I have found myself being constantly irritated and no amount of caffeine can hold back the sarcastic, snippy comments I would say without a single second thought in my head. Hanging out with friends and doing anything extra after class/work did not appear appealing because I would much rather catch up on my never ending pile of homework and finally finish Stranger Things on Netflix. As much as I adore my best friends to pieces, a little more "me" time would be incredibly appreciated.
My close friends that are incredibly amazing at multitasking simply do not understand how frustrating they can be when they suddenly spring on plans that they believe will fit around my full time job and full time college student workload. As much as I want to scream at the top of my lungs that their advice on using a planner or a bucket ton of apps does not help me at all, I do not. I simply just breakdown and try to tie myself back together to finish up a 12 page paper for my english or psychology class.
Overall, the semester is going pretty well other than dealing with crazy customers at my full time job and picky professors with certain sentence structures and sources. It feels like I am running a race that I will never win. Exam week is the next designation stop on this nonstop train ride called my college career.
