I would like to say that I have been pretty good at balancing work and school and my social life but recently it got significantly harder. I have four research papers due Monday, I work every day this week and next week, I still need to make sure my friends know I exist, and I just found out my Rhetoric grade went from an A to a B. Granted its a high B, but nonetheless this is not the grade I want. We finally hit week seven, and I'm finally going crazy. I don't know how people do it with such ease, but unfortunately, I am not one of those people.

I had to sit down and really look in depth on what I wanted to do with my life. Well I want to get straight A's in college and I want to end up working with people on the autistic spectrum. My job actually requires me to teach a young man with autism and its a job opportunity that I can potentially keep throughout my college career. I love hanging out with my friends because they honestly keep me sane in these times of chaos, but I don't need (or want) to spend every second of every day with them.

I need to start prioritizing what I need to do. So school comes first, then work, then friends. The only reason work comes before friends is because its a job based on the career I want to pursue. I will still need to see my friends once a day, but I need to have a set schedule. This is going to be a really hard rest of the semester but I'm sure I'll get it all figured out.

I'll document how my attempts are going and my triumphs and failures. I'll do it maybe once every other week just to make sure the results are able to change. I'll explain where I am doing good and where I am messing up and then I'll take a look over again and think about how I can change. My three goals are: straight A's, doing well at work and keeping my friends. We can call this series "Attempting to College." So far, not good, but we can only go up from here.