Since school started, we all have to get back to our routine. It's hard. Some of us didn't have a busy schedule during the summer and now it's so weird to go back to a routine. I worked during the summer and I had my regular routine. I thought it will be easy to just continue my routine but I was wrong. It's actually very difficult to manage my time between school, work, family, social life, and most importantly personal time.

I haven't able to have alone time in so long. I think it's so important to have that personal time to do whatever you want. For me, I just want to read all day or most of the time, I watch Netflix all day and eat on my bed. It's a luxury to me and I can't afford that anymore once school has started. So I tried to figure out a way to manage it.

Time management is key because it's an aspect of our lives and if you don't have it down by the time you're in college, you're screwed. College is a commitment. It takes up a lot of time even if it's just one assignment. I tried
my best to manage my time and here are a few tips that I picked up so far.

1. Always Know What's Coming Up During This Week.
If you have no clue what's going on, whether it's academics or work schedule, it will be very difficult to manage your time. If you know, it will be easy to plan ahead.

2. Planning Ahead
It's so important to schedule out the stuff you have to do during the week. Don't plan too far ahead. Just plan for every tomorrow if you can. Just have a main idea on what you need to do throughout the week.

3. Write It Down
All of us forget and it's okay. That's why there're some things called planner and notebooks. You can also put it in your phone to remind yourself. What I normally do is, I list all the stuff I need to do for this week and I make a checklist.

4. Avoid Procrastination
I am the queen of procrastination, especially in high school. However, college is a completely different game and I was dethroned. I actually put the time and effort into my work nowadays and I get better results out of it. It takes away so much stress and anxiety too.

5. Having Personal Time
It's so important to have that alone time where you can do whatever you want. After a long and exhausting day, I need some "me-time." I usually make "me-time" at night, like an hour or two before I sleep. I try to make my weekends my personal time too.

I work three days a week and I go to school four days a week. Between work and school, my weekdays are packed. I have to prioritize and put my social calendar on the weekends or at least, evening or nighttime if it's during the weekdays. Remember, it's okay to say no if you don't want to go. It's so important to rest and have that beauty sleep especially if you have work on Saturday morning. I'm not an expert but I hope these tips help.