Set priorities, advises Isa Adney, a student life coordinator at Seminole State College, who blogs at Community College Success.
A student came up to me last week and said she was really stressed out and overwhelmed because of everything that was going on in her life – school, job, clubs, family, etc. – and that this semester she was going to have to work really hard to try to “squeeze in” her homework.
Homework isn’t something to be “squeezed in,” she advised. “If you’re investing your time in college you must set aside a sacred block of time for homework.”
Prioritizing is about so much more than organizing your to-do list. It is about placing your values and your goals in the correct order so that when (not if) life gets overwhelming and something has to go, you aren’t “squeezing” in the wrong things.
Adney has practical ideas on ordering priorities. If earning good grades isn’t the top priority — and it isn’t for many people — then be honest about that now, she advises.
