Working Adult vs Young Little Student
It's 03.23PM, the 15th February 2017. I am still in my office blogging because I'm too bored. Basically I work in a customer service centre where we have peak and off-peak hours. There will be times when I could not even have a break to exhale my breath. There will be times when I will be extremely free just like how I am today.
You might think that I work in a cool company that allows you to use the internet while working. No! You are wrong. Nobody knows that I am accessing blogger, lol. If anyone did, I would be in deep shit. This is the only site where we have access to, maybe because our official email accounts are associated with Google and Gmail. I am glad that at least we have access to this. I have something to do to kill my time. Life is all good so far. I'm working on a full time basis and doing my degree in communication on a part time basis. Juggling between a student lifestyle and adult lifestyle. From 5am onwards, I am a responsible working adult who wakes up early in the morning to make sure I don't miss the bus to my workplace. While after 8pm, I'm a student that struggles with her assignments and revisions, burning the midnight oil. Just doing one at a time is exhausting, I'm doing both at one time which is extremely exhausting. Before being a part timer in further studies, I used to think that working and studying at the same time is cool. But, actually it is not. Working and studying at the same time is very tiring, requires tons of sacrifices and confidence. You may even have to give up your social life, sleep and many more things which you loved to do previously. But, the return of all these sacrifices are definitely worth the pain at the end.
For my few semesters, I struggled with my time management as I work in a company which requires long working hours. I will be home at only around 9pm. Later on, after my bath and quick dinner, I'll have to juggle with my assignments which continued up to 1am or even 2am at times. The next day, I need to be awake by 6AM again to get ready for work. I slept only 3-4 hours every day. I took small naps in between my busy day. 45-minutes bus journey to and from office, my lunch and break time in work place were my power naps session. I sleep less than 5 hours a day approximately. There were the days I cried in the bathroom while bathing because I could not cope up the stress life was giving me. I almost gave up. But, I knew I had to do it. No choice, no options, no excuses. It was all hassle completing assignments and preparing for the final exams at the same time, being a full time working young lady. After four months of stressful and sleepless nights, I finally got the score of my semester and I was more than satisfied with what I got. For all the hassle I went through, I never even had the hope that I will pass. I was already saving up extra money for the next semester because I thought I would fail few subjects and will have to re-take again. But, I was wrong. I managed to pass with a "not bad" results for my last minute hard work. As I said, it was all worth it.
Now, I'm on my journey of this new semester. Currently still stuck in the warm up session/ I have been very tired lately that I skip my revision nights and go to bed early. But, I try to do some quick revision using the online application by my university which allows the students to download the e-notes in their smartphones or tablets. I do quick reading while on my way back home from office. I watch and listen to my video lectures, I prepare quick notes. Everything I do is on a "quick" basis. But, I make sure all my notes are updated every now and then so that it will be easier for me to prepare for exams. In all these hard times, it is fun to know that you are doing what you love. Even though what I'm doing now gives me a life full of stress, I love it because I know I'm on my way in achieving my goals and ambitions. I know one day, when I turn back, I won't regret what I'm doing now.
A motivation to people like me out there who are breaking down, don't give up. You are doing what you are doing for a reason. Keep doing what you are doing as the return will be priceless. People might distract or discourage you, but remember that there are some people who will motivate you. And the best motivator for ourselves, will be we ourselves and no one else. In my next post, I will share on how bad was my time management and how I improved it, and now how it is being very helpful for me. Good Day! :)
You might think that I work in a cool company that allows you to use the internet while working. No! You are wrong. Nobody knows that I am accessing blogger, lol. If anyone did, I would be in deep shit. This is the only site where we have access to, maybe because our official email accounts are associated with Google and Gmail. I am glad that at least we have access to this. I have something to do to kill my time. Life is all good so far. I'm working on a full time basis and doing my degree in communication on a part time basis. Juggling between a student lifestyle and adult lifestyle. From 5am onwards, I am a responsible working adult who wakes up early in the morning to make sure I don't miss the bus to my workplace. While after 8pm, I'm a student that struggles with her assignments and revisions, burning the midnight oil. Just doing one at a time is exhausting, I'm doing both at one time which is extremely exhausting. Before being a part timer in further studies, I used to think that working and studying at the same time is cool. But, actually it is not. Working and studying at the same time is very tiring, requires tons of sacrifices and confidence. You may even have to give up your social life, sleep and many more things which you loved to do previously. But, the return of all these sacrifices are definitely worth the pain at the end.
For my few semesters, I struggled with my time management as I work in a company which requires long working hours. I will be home at only around 9pm. Later on, after my bath and quick dinner, I'll have to juggle with my assignments which continued up to 1am or even 2am at times. The next day, I need to be awake by 6AM again to get ready for work. I slept only 3-4 hours every day. I took small naps in between my busy day. 45-minutes bus journey to and from office, my lunch and break time in work place were my power naps session. I sleep less than 5 hours a day approximately. There were the days I cried in the bathroom while bathing because I could not cope up the stress life was giving me. I almost gave up. But, I knew I had to do it. No choice, no options, no excuses. It was all hassle completing assignments and preparing for the final exams at the same time, being a full time working young lady. After four months of stressful and sleepless nights, I finally got the score of my semester and I was more than satisfied with what I got. For all the hassle I went through, I never even had the hope that I will pass. I was already saving up extra money for the next semester because I thought I would fail few subjects and will have to re-take again. But, I was wrong. I managed to pass with a "not bad" results for my last minute hard work. As I said, it was all worth it.
Now, I'm on my journey of this new semester. Currently still stuck in the warm up session/ I have been very tired lately that I skip my revision nights and go to bed early. But, I try to do some quick revision using the online application by my university which allows the students to download the e-notes in their smartphones or tablets. I do quick reading while on my way back home from office. I watch and listen to my video lectures, I prepare quick notes. Everything I do is on a "quick" basis. But, I make sure all my notes are updated every now and then so that it will be easier for me to prepare for exams. In all these hard times, it is fun to know that you are doing what you love. Even though what I'm doing now gives me a life full of stress, I love it because I know I'm on my way in achieving my goals and ambitions. I know one day, when I turn back, I won't regret what I'm doing now.
A motivation to people like me out there who are breaking down, don't give up. You are doing what you are doing for a reason. Keep doing what you are doing as the return will be priceless. People might distract or discourage you, but remember that there are some people who will motivate you. And the best motivator for ourselves, will be we ourselves and no one else. In my next post, I will share on how bad was my time management and how I improved it, and now how it is being very helpful for me. Good Day! :)
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