Reflective Essay: Time Management

“'Time management' is really a misnomer; the challenge is not to manage time, but manage ourselves. The key is not to prioritize what is on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities,” philosophized Stephen Covey. Time management is all about delegation. One of the most difficult things I have ever undergone thus far in my twenty-one years of life is to efficiently find a healthy balance among my Penn Foster studies along with my job, family and other activities and responsibilities. I am a full-time waitress with a multifaceted job at the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant, in addition to being a part-time, second year veterinary technician student. Both an occupation and education is overwhelming to juggle simultaneously to …show more content…
A significant downside being that additional shifts at work sacrifice time away from my studies, family and other parts of my life, leaving me frustrated and torn most weeks. I have received numerous additive job opportunities and considered tackling a second job, but where I would find time to eat, sleep and breathe would be beyond me. Spreading out my life without sacrificing quality from one aspect for another is more complicated than I figured it would be; I can honestly say that I highly underestimated adulthood. I have a plan. I have always had a plan. I know where I want my life to go and nothing, not even lack of time is going to stand in my way. An ample part of achieving any goal is a support system, whether it be friends, family or a discussion board of classmates with a similar goal. My family has always made up my influence group and have always stood by me and my choices and want nothing more than to watch me succeed. Anything I have ever needed, they have been there and are cheering me on towards my associate's degree, giving me the necessary motivation to cross the finish line with the force I know I have in