In high school, I was always the girl involved in a billion different things: Student Council, a freshmen mentoring program, soccer, French Club, Honors/AP classes, and doing community service on the side. Now, I wasn't just merely involved in this myriad of hobbies and activities, I did as much as I could with all of them, from being on varsity to being on the Executive Board of raising $75 every year for the Polar Plunge and running into the arctic-feeling water.

I've never been the kind of person to just "be there."

So, to literally no one's surprise, it carried on to college. I'm currently on a commission in my university's Student Government Association writing its blog pieces and press releases, I have two, soon to be three jobs, I'm in a sorority with a leadership position, a myriad of other organizations on campus, each with their own leadership position, I'm taking 15 credit hours' worth of classes, I'm working on two political campaigns......the list can go on for hours, and that's maybe only slightly exaggerated.

And I'm not the only one who overextends themselves constantly.

To everyone else who understands this struggle, this one is for you. May we survive another year of the struggle.

1. Your friends get mad at you because you can't hang out.

I didn't choose the busy life. Okay, maybe I did. We can all just blame the stress of needing good looking resumes and wanting to feel like life has a purpose, okay? I'll message you when it's a random, unpredictable time that I'm free, and maybe our schedules match up for the night.

2. You forget things. A lot.

When you have a billion things going on, sometimes even a planner can't save you. You mix up deadlines, you forget homework is due, you schedule to attend two different events in different places at different times. As if you weren't stressed out enough BEFORE you forgot you had four homework assignments due in your online class last week.

3. You don't get invited to things because "You probably couldn't come anyway."

Yes, I know the last three times you asked me to hang out, or stay the night, or get coffee, or any plans ever didn't work out, but that doesn't mean stop inviting me. It's not that I don't want to hang out and see you, it's that I physically am not able whenever you asked me to. Don't make my busy schedule a personal attack towards you.

4. You've learned to function off very few hours of sleep.

You have classes, meetings, and work that take up most of the day. You maybe find time to eat actual meals, but it's probably just snacking all day long that keeps you going. Whenever you get home, you probably have a load of homework for each class from that day and things for tomorrows. There aren't enough hours in the day. It's just a continuous cycle of being up until 3 A.M. to get things accomplished, at this point. You've learned to function pretty well off 5-6 hours of sleep, though. Respect.

5. You have a great resume.

One of the few perks to being so busy you can't stop moving? Your resume can go on for miles. That's what's helped you get this far, and that's what's going to get you your dream job, or at least a really good one if you play your cards right. It'll make it all worth it.