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February 14, 2008
It figures.
I love being busy, even if I complain about it. I try not to complain, though, especially since this past fall was quite possibly the largest stretch of boredom I've endured.
But it figures, now that I'm in graduate school reading till my eyes cry out, that my freelance stuff picks up the pace. I'm not complaining. This is my sole subsistence, so why complain? Well, for starters, it's making it harder to prioritize schoolwork vs. work-work...
And it figures, now that I'm completely occupied with schoolwork and freelance work, that I have friends calling me at all hours asking if we can get together. Again!--I am not complaining! I love my friends, and I'm even making new friends to add to the old and the really old friends, but honestly, this prioritizing stuff is getting out of hand...
I'm good at time management, and I always do my best to shoot for balance in fun and work (I do now; I didn't very much during high school and the first year of college...). It's not like I work steady hours, so I don't exactly have to plan around a work schedule. I work when I want (or when my clients want).
I guess all that matters is that I'm trying--to make things fit together, to get all my schoolwork and work-work done, to make time for friends, and to keep myself happy. I should also probably try to remember to eat lunch. I've been forgetting that one a lot lately. It figures, since I don't normally get to eat dinner on days I have class. Ha.
Posted by KarissaKilgore at February 14, 2008 12:44 AM
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Like I said the other day when we talked... if your freelance business picks up, raise your prices.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at February 14, 2008 10:36 PM
I understand about the eating part... Yesterday I ate little more than a sandwich and some chocolates. The graduate school lifestyle is not always kind to our bodies.
Posted by: Amanda at February 15, 2008 9:24 AM
Thanks for the reminder, Dr. Jerz. In the stress I've been dealing with lately in finding the balance between my freelance work and school I've found that, at times, money does indeed talk. I'm not greedy, but I'm like anyone else trying to make ends meet, that's all.
Yeah, Amanda, grad school life = no nutrition so far for me. My dinners usually consist of fruit I can throw in my bookbag, a bag of popcorn when I get home because everyone else ate all the dinner, or waiting till breakfast. I'm really not out to lose any weight but I'm doing a good job. Eep. :/
Posted by: Karissa at February 15, 2008 4:09 PM
One (made up) word: PowerBar.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at February 15, 2008 6:17 PM
Haha! Thanks, Dr. Jerz :) I'll investigate that.
Posted by: Karissa at February 16, 2008 11:44 AM