Keeping Balance

For my last blog in the series of them, I will be discussing how to keep balanced social and work. This is possibly the most important aspect of university life. If you cant balance, something will go wrong. Yes you are at university to study and learn, but you are also there to discover new things about you.

You will have a lot of work to do compared to what you had at previous educational institutions. You will have reading, essays, revision and more to try and do. You will be given notice, you will have enough time to complete all of the tasks you are given. What it boils down to is time management, decide when you are going to do your work and stick to it. Use the facilities provided on campus and your own, and it will be easier than if you try to struggle with everything.

Socializing is also important. Now to clarify, I am not a dancer or drinker. I am not a fan of going out and getting drunk whilst clubbing every Saturday night. I prefer to socialize either online with friends (I'm a computing student, what do you expect) or I am at my Air cadet Squadron running that.

As I keep mentioning, the time balancing is important. The way I do it is I set aside time to socialize, I know that sounds odd doing it that way, but here is my reasoning. If I know when I have made plans to game, or when I am attending cadets, I have a goal to aim for when studying. I do studying in chunks of 40 mins on 20 mins relaxing. This is based on my information retention span (I took a test when I did my AS levels) so i can work harder for longer. This may or may not work for you so find your own balance and go with it.

I will post on here the link to the next set of blogs (they are being hosted elsewhere) so you can keep following if you are interested.