By Nijah Randolph-Williams
LifeAtStart.com

Before I got a job, I thought that working and going to school at the same time would be a piece of cake, but recently I’ve found myself having trouble finding a balance between the two.

I work everyday besides Wednesday and I’m in honors classes, so sometimes I have way too much work and not enough time to do it. When I do go to work I go straight from school, so I don’t even have a moment to stop and think about what assignments I might have to do when I get home. Most days I’m up late at night just trying to catch up on work or study for tests or quizzes I might have the next day. Some days I might have had so much stuff to do at my job, that I completely forget about my homework.

I’ve been trying to come up with better techniques in order for me to be able to balance everything out. I have started to write down all my assignments and use Google Classroom to my advantage when it comes to remembering what I have to do. As far as my job goes, I’m going to start working less so I have more time in my schedule to get my school work done. I realize school is the most important thing, and I’m willing to go as far as to quit my job in order to maintain my good grades, but hopefully I can create a more flexible schedule before having to go that far.

I also realize that if I focus a little harder than I am and not slack off so much, I could get everything done on time. As long as I continue to realize what’s important, and how I want my GPA to be at the end of the year, I will get it done

By Nijah Randolph-Williams
LifeAtStart.com

Recently I have been dealing with a lot of self judgment about how I act, and the things I say. Instead of focusing on the things I dislike about my personality, I’ve been trying to focus on the things that will make me a better person overall.

The number one thing I’m trying to work on is how quick I am to talk without thinking first, it gets me into a lot of trouble. I always realize after the fact, nine times out of ten, what I said really wasn’t smart and I always end up having to do damage control, when I could have just avoided it all together; I’ve been doing this since I was young, and I think it’s because I always want to be right, which is something else I hope to change. It’s very hard for me to admit when I’m wrong or need help, which usually just makes whatever the situation is worse, and whoever I was talking to angry or annoyed. If I just start owning up to my mistakes, it would eliminate a lot of the problems I have with other people. The next thing I know would make me better, is if i gain overall self control when it comes to my anger.

There’s many things in this world that makes me irritated, but the problem is when I let that small irritation, turn into a lot of anger. Despite how much I talk, I rarely let a person know when I have a problem with them, so over time the small problems I have with individuals, turns into a lot of anger with I have with everybody. When I get angry, I blow up at any and everybody around, and say things I don’t truly mean which causes me to sever a lot of relationships I have with people. I hate that I do this because I don’t even stay mad long, as soon as I’m able to voice how I’m feeling it’s over for me, the problem no longer exists.

I just hope to become a more mature person, I like to think I already am, but I know there’s much more I hope to work on before l become stuck in my ways. Changing these qualities will not only help me become a better student, but it will help become a much better person, and overall help me in life.