Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed 

with managing school and a social life?

-We've all felt this way before.  The constant struggle between knowing the amount of school work and studying you need to do and wanting to make time for friends, family, and a social life.  Although this can be an ongoing problem, it is important to find ways to help you keep yourself organized as well as your time and your responsibilities organized.   So you can have a healthy and balanced life!

Here are some tips to help keep you organized:

1.) Keep a calendar- this will help you to know all the responsibilities you have committed to and help you to see the days or times that you are free for socializing.

2.) Designate your time- it is important to designate a chunk of time each day to school.  It can be an hour each day after dinner, or 30 minutes of studying before bed. Whatever it is make sure that you use that designated time each day for just school. Put the phone, computer, tablet away, and solely focus on your school assignments or studying.

3.) Make commitments you can keep- it is so easy to agree to every mall trip or activity that comes your way, but it is important that you only agree to go to things that will allow you time for fun and also time to get your school work completed. 

4.) Remember due dates- make sure that you know when assignments, papers, or projects are due.  This will make sure that you are allowing yourself time and the ability to designate the proper amount of time for the work.  It will also allow you to not rush the few days before a big assignments which could make you miss out on some fun social events!