A Stressful Moment Analysis

Going to college, is one of the most stressful phases of someone’s life, whether you’re a first or fourth year college student. And one of the largest contributors to the stress effectively managing time. Over the course of the past three months, I have been continuously stressed about allotting the correct amount of time to the numerous activities in which I participate. The proper management of time is stressful due to the fact that proper time management can lead to stellar academic performance or the complete opposite of stellar performance. There are several examples that show how stressful this can be for me. First and foremost, in an attempt to effectively manage my time, I consequently neglected the field of physical activity, by …show more content…
These situations still occur on an almost daily basis, for example, the night before completely finishing this essay, I stayed up past one o’clock to finish math homework as well as a few other assignments. In the mornings, when I wake up, I am usually unwilling to get ready for another day of class, but I am also highly irritated with the simplest of tasks. Other than being irritated with simple tasks, I deal with eyes refusing to stay open, the inability to think effectively, along with headaches; which are indeed the worst. The lack of sleep has often stressed me out to the point, where I am ready to quit. The leading cause of these nights, is the severe shortage of time, I face on a daily basis. As well as my unsuccessful efforts to manage my time effectively throughout the day, the week and the month. Along with my awkward sleep schedule I often find it hard to have a social life, which is also due this time constraint. Furthermore, trying to juggle things around and create a schedule in which I am allowed to manage my time effectively, I have been forced to devote a significantly lower amount of time towards having a social life. During this summer, I was able to spend time with my family to the extent where it was practically the whole day. But ever since the start of the this semester, the amount of time I have to spend with family and friends has gradually decreased. An example is when my high school friends, were going to have a party for a friend who was going to UC San Diego. I was asked if I was able to go, but I unfortunately was unable to. Another time, of when I was stressed about my grades along with managing my time, while spending time with others, was during one of my cousin’s birthday party. During this event, I was forced to leave early in order to