The moral of the story is that I am not very good at it.
I understand the importance of balancing your work, school, and personal life, but it is difficult. I wish I could be like the people who only sleep 6-7 hours a night, wake up easily, and then have a productive day. I wish that I could be like that, but I am human. There are times when I feel like I don’t have enough time to do everything that I need to do and then there are times when I feel like I have way too much time. I think I work best when I multitask because I hate sitting down to do one thing. For example, while writing this article, I put on a random YouTube video. I struggle to narrow in and focus on one thing. One thing that helps me and that I enjoy is having some noise playing in the background.
Part of being an adult is learning how to navigate the balance of work, school, and personal time. It is not fun for me. I miss the days when I would have only 30 minutes of homework and then play games and watch TV when I was a kid. It is very difficult for me to get the motivation to put the phone down and stop scrolling and get outside or get ready for the day. I think that my main source of motivation is the feeling that I get after being productive. I like checking stuff off my to-do list. I think it is important for people to make sure that they make time to have that balance in their lives. I think that everyone should enjoy being productive while also enjoying having a rest day every once and a while.