Balancing Social and Academic Responsibilities

Written By Colēgia

Regardless of your age there is always a delicate balance when it comes to managing certain aspects of your life. For students this involves balancing both social and academic responsibilities. Today we want to take a look at how we can achieve this.

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Using A Planner

One way to help with life activities involves using a planner. A planner is a great way of writing down when certain things are going to happen on any given day. For instance, if you have an assignment due later down the week, you can write it to help remind you. This can also help if you have something you need to do at a specific time of the day such as sports practice. The important thing is knowing when each of these events are so you can plan things around that. You can use an alarm to give you another means of remembering when these things will happen. Planning can go a long way both for school along with other responsibilities such as grocery shopping or even to know which day a payment is due.

“A planner is a great way of writing down when certain things are going to happen on any given day.”

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Giving Just Enough Time

While it may be tempting to go above and beyond in certain parts of your life, there are instances where it may come at the cost of time for something else. A good example of this is studying so long that it sacrifices your sleep. Not only is this excessive, but it can can affect your performance for the day afterward. This also carries over for social responsibilities as well such as working overtime. Sometimes we may need the money but other times it can prevent us from giving the appropriate amount of time for schoolwork. We need to do well in school so we can work on things such as our GPA as it matters for higher grade levels. Likewise we also need to give time to work so we can have a financial plan when it comes to higher education. While we're not advocating to put in less effort for either, it's good to know when you've done enough and to leave it at that for other activities.

“While it may be tempting to go above and beyond in certain parts of your life, there are instances where it may come at the cost of time for something else.”

Make Room For Error

As tempting as it can be to try and stick to a schedule sometimes things can come up at a moments notice. Maybe the weather is bad one day or maybe you have to help out a family member with something. For these kinds of things you'll want to make sure you give yourself a little bit of time to spare in the event that something happens. This can be something along the lines such as leaving early for school to make sure you're in time for the bus or even asking to be let out a few minutes early for work. However you choose to do it, remember that mistakes and emergencies can happen, so be prepared.

“As tempting as it can be to try and stick to a schedule sometimes things can come up at a moments notice.”

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Enjoy Your Time With Both

Developing yourself as a person requires a good mix of succeeding in both school and outside of it. We need to focus on interpersonal relationships with friends and family to grow our own social skills. We also need to give time to our studies as it will help us for our future career. If there's anything to take home from this, it's to remember to enjoy your time with both as they help make a difference.

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