Time management is a myth. It’s a lie, it’s an unreal being, it’s a construct of mind that simply cannot be attained by adults of all and any age. It’s incomprehensible.

In the beginning of the semester, I thought I was on top of my stuff. I thought I had my life in order, and I was doing well. Now that the semester is drawing to an end, I’ve realized that it’s ever-so-slowly falling apart. The rue of my problem (and pretty much everybody else around me as well’s) is that time management is difficult. I want to make time for friends and fun, but I also want to keep my grades up. I personally thought having a balance between work and play would be a piece of cake, but now I’m realizing that it isn’t. Keeping up with everything is hard.

I guess you really CAN’T have your cake and eat it.

I mean, sure you can, but it’s a struggle! Sometimes, it’s too much cake for one person to handle.

I’m fortunate enough to have friends that try to motivate me to do my work, but it’s so hard to be motivated to do work when it’s so much easier to just hang out and watch a movie, or play a video game. Freshmen just want to have fun. We want to let loose and live a little before we have to fasten up and put it into maximum overdrive.

Despite my internal battle against time management, I’m just trying to make it through the rest of the week. I’m trying to make it through Thanksgiving break, and the rest of the semester quickly following up afterwards.

To my fellow freshmen out there struggling to find time for everything: it’s okay! Just. Breathe. We can make it! We have to make it!