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Balancing Studies with Daily Responsibilities

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Balancing Studies with Daily Responsibilities

To successfully balance my studies with my daily responsibilities was quite hard until after I came up with a plan to help me create the balance. Before coming up with the plan, my life was in chaos. I would end up submitting assignments late or not doing house chores or not doing both because I was too tired. However, after realizing that I was not doing the correct thing and that my chaotic life was adversely affecting me, I decided to come up with a way that would help me balance my studies with my daily responsibilities. At first, it was not easy to find the right thing to help me out. For instance, I began using my diary, but I was still unable to balance studies and responsibilities. This was because the diary had the writings, but it could not produce a sound. More so, I would forget my diary in the house, or I would misplace it. After a while, I decided to use my phone, but it would run out of power. Therefore, I resorted to using a power bank to ensure my phone does not run out of charge. And that is when I started having balance in my studies and daily life.

To successfully balance my studies and responsibilities, I realized that I have to draw a good time management plan. After realizing that I needed a good management plan, I decided to look up for the characteristics of a good management plan. This is because I did not know what a good management plan can be. After some research, I realized that a good management plan should be able to divide the time at my disposal in an adequate manner in sections that will be able to give adequate time in each proportion of my duty. More so, the management plan should be able to give me adequate free time that can enable me to rest, and in case I get an activity that was unplanned for, I would still be able to fulfill it on time without having to rush. Therefore not making me feel overwhelmed.

Another step that I have used to bring a balance between my studies and daily responsibilities is involving my family members. No man is an island; we all need each other’s support to survive in this world and to be successful. I realized that I need support from my family members to bring a balance between my school life and my responsibilities. This is because, sometimes, the activities which I had allocated a specified period may take longer and therefore restrict me from accomplishing my other duties on time. For instance, sometimes, I might have a school project for the weekend, and I would have estimated that to finish the project, it would require more time. On the same day, perhaps I was supposed to do the laundry. Therefore, I might get late in doing the laundry because of delaying in finishing my project, thus bringing an imbalance. To ensure balance in such situations, I, therefore, ask my family members to help me out, sometimes, I ask my elder sister to do the laundry then I will help her out with another chore. Sometimes I ask her to help me out with my school project so that I may finish it on time and therefore attend to the laundry on time as well.

Setting alarms is also another essential process that I have used to balance my studies and daily responsibilities. As funny as it may sound, alarms have paid a significant role in helping me bring balance in my life. I use a digital alarm that is linked to my digital diary. Therefore, when it is time for a particular activity in my diary, my phone will sound an alarm showing that it is time for me to shift to another activity. For example, at home, whenever I have to prepare dinner, my phone will sound an alarm to show me that it is time to begin preparing dinner. When it is time to serve dinner, the phone will give an alarm. When it is time to go to school or to do a particular assignment, my phone will give an alarm. Therefore, I no longer have to be worried about forgetting about something important because, as the alarm rings, it shows the activity to take place.

Also, to ensure a balance between my studies and responsibilities, I have prioritized my work in terms of urgency and importance as well as time that is taken to fulfill it. I realized that it is important to prioritize my work to know which one comes first and which one comes last whenever doing them. For example, whenever I am faced with a lot of tasks, such as going for milk at the grocery store, doing laundry, and finishing my assignment, I have to look at each in terms of urgency and the time which I will take to fulfill each. For instance, in the above responsibilities, if milk were urgently needed, and since the store is not far away, I would first get the milk. Then I would look at the weather and time. If it is late, I will do laundry the following day. However, if it is not late and the laundry is not much, I will do the laundry first then finish with my assignment. However, in other situations, I will begin with my assignment. For instance, if the assignment is not hard, and it is not a workload and also if the milk is not urgently needed and if the laundry is not urgently needed to be done as well.

To conclude my management process, I will give a summary of my successful management of time. For me to be able to manage my time successfully, I have a good management plan. My management plan divides time in a proportionate manner, which ensures that I have adequate time to do all activities and to rest and do my hobbies. More so, the management time has free time to cover up for abrupt responsibilities what might turn up. No one knows when a house chore might arise. Also, to ensure the successful management of time and responsibilities, I sometimes involve my family members. I ask them to help me out with one of my responsibilities so that I may be able to fulfill the other responsibility. Also, I have an alarm that reminds me to do something at a particular time—therefore helping me not to get late. Lastly, I prioritize my work in terms of urgency, importance, and time taken to accomplish it. Through incorporating the activities, I can create a balance between my studies and daily responsibilities.