When you know the kind of country you are from and how their way of life is, then there is nothing new that can suprise you or will come to you as a shock and that is why planning ahead is the best way to avoid some difficult situations in the future...
As you all know about the saying "THE EARLIER THE BETTER", i have been in my country for all my life and i have come to know a lot of things about it and while growing up i already know that WORKING and STUDYING at the same time is a necessity and a must in my part of the world...
Majority of the people over here has to work and study at the same because of situations and not out of free will, especially those who lost their parent at a very young age and now to survive is solely on them...
The minority are the ones who are born with silver spoon and don't have to work but focus on studying the more, that is to say situation and hardship are mostly the reason why we have to work and study at the same time and if we had the chance to study and not work then we would take it at once without thinking twice...
Just like everyone in my country, i also had to work and study at the same time, though it wasn't easy but DETERMINATION kept me going and i am going share some tips of how i balanced both without failing at both.....
WORKING AND STUDYING IS BASED ON DETERMINATION...
Working is a stressful thing on its own and studying is never easy too, how was i able to balance and cope with the stress of working and studying at the same time is one thing you must learn today...
I have not actually had to work and study at the same time but i have also had to go to school and also come back home to go to the place where i am learning how to makes FOOT WEARS which is considered working also and managing both was not easy...
Balancing your work life and school life is almost impossible but not totally impossible, you need a strategy to do that, years ago i had to do the same thing, go to school in the morning and after school i had to go to my work place and change into a different outfit for work and that was quite a lot...
This was never easy, mental stress, fatigue and body pains are the most i had to face then and that didn't stop me from doing my house chores and some personal stuffs but i was determined to achieve something greater, you can only try to balance them both but the bitter fact is that you will need to spend more time on studying than working..
Managing both can lead to failure in both, you just have make sure you are doing a bit of working and focusing more on studying, your future is at stake the moment you tend to take work seriously than studying...
The only cheat i had back then which worked perfectly for me was very simple, from week 1-5 in school, i dedicate more time to my work by not missing a day and always working till late night and when it is approaching week 7 which is the mid test week, i decide to spend more time on studying than going to work, at first it almost lead to a disagreement between my boss and i but slowly he understood my routine and was adapting to it...
I will not lie about the fact that i hated doing it and cursed at it many times but i knew it was a necessity and i accepted it and decided to face it head on and courageously..
Whenever i get home, i will just sleep for 8 hours which is enough and thankfully i always do my assignments at work and that made things easier for me...
After week 7, i dedicate more time to work and from week 10, i stop going to work to prepare for exam and after my exam, i return back to work and my boss never had a reason to complain, i do my work ahead, i make sure i work extra if i am not coming for a whole week and that balanced our relationship....
I did this for THREE good years and slowly it became an habit and i was doing fine in both but my work had to receive some blows but i was active at both....
If you are planning on managing both impeccably then you are lieing to yourself, you have to take it one step at a time but mostly you need DETERMINATION and COURAGE in that journey, my determination to succeed at both made me successful....
In summary, it will never be easy but when you plan them well and work with your time allocation, slowly your body will adapt to your new way of life and in no time, you will be managing them both with reasonable success rate...
In conclusion, working and studying was never too easy but i have a goal and that was the pillar of my determination, courage and long suffering and all of this was for a better tomorrow and it all worked out perfectly and here i am happy with myself TODAY..
THANKS FOR READING....