Any new endeavor is often approached with both excitement and reticence. I felt this way as I began my course work last week. While I was thrilled to be starting the final leg of my academic journey, I was fearful and overwhelmed by all that life was throwing at me. Course work, family, professional life, Thanksgiving holidays—all coming at me to add a great deal of stress. As I completed discussion posts and began working on assignments, several thoughts occurred to me and questions arose.
The first of these questions was how I could best manage my time to maintain a successful work life, school life, and personal life balance. One component of my time management plan was to approach my manager about changes to my work schedule that will optimize my hours worked in relationship to pay (working shifts that provide a shift differential) and allow me to work fewer hours overall. Another component of my time management plan was to plan specific days for structured schoolwork that I schedule away from my house where I would have many distractions from laundry to leisure reading to video games. By spending this structured time at a coffee shop or library, I will be able to get the most benefit from my time. A third component of my time management plan is to budget my time as I would my money by scheduling time for school, family, personal time, etc. In budgeting personal time, it is important to allot adequate time for sleep, exercise, and time with friends and family (Roque

  
Any new endeavor is often approached with both excitement and reticence. I felt this way as I began my course work last week. While I was thrilled to be starting the final leg of my academic journey, I was fearful and overwhelmed by all that life was throwing at me. Course work, family, professional life, Thanksgiving holidays—all coming at me to add a great deal of stress. As I completed discussion posts and began working on assignments, several thoughts occurred to me and questions arose.
The first of these questions was how I could best manage my time to maintain a successful work life, school life, and personal life balance. One component of my time management plan was to approach my manager about changes to my work schedule that will optimize my hours worked in relationship to pay (working shifts that provide a shift differential) and allow me to work fewer hours overall. Another component of my time management plan was to plan specific days for structured schoolwork that I schedule away from my house where I would have many distractions from laundry to leisure reading to video games. By spending this structured time at a coffee shop or library, I will be able to get the most benefit from my time. A third component of my time management plan is to budget my time as I would my money by scheduling time for school, family, personal time, etc. In budgeting personal time, it is important to allot adequate time for sleep, exercise, and time with friends and family (Roque