How My Work Affected My Studies.

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Welcome to my blog and another wonderful edition of the hive learners' featured post. Many tried working while in school, and I still wonder how they managed to cope with working and schooling. I had a terrible experience combining working and schooling.

The money earned from working made life a lot easier, but I was missing out on school. I skipped classes and missed some tests because I couldn't meet up. Missing out on school affected my performance in school.

When I gained admission into the university, I had an elder sister who was already at the university as well. So the work load was heavy on my parents. As always, they said, I am a guy while she is a lady, so her own ratio of pocket money was way bigger than mine. The little I was getting was not enough to feed and then get all the necessary materials like handouts and textbooks. Since I couldn't call home knowing how it was with them, I had to manage the little I had.

I continued to manage all through 100 Level, and in 200 Level I decided to combine working and schooling because I had friends who were doing it already. I wrote application letters and submitted them to different firms, fast foods, hotels, e.t.c. Jovits fast food in Umuahia called me for an interview. I went; it was a success and I was given the job. Since I was in school, I told the manager I would only be doing night shifts and he said no problem.

I started work the following day and I saw the definition of stress. I was up all night. It was as if people don't sleep in this part of the world; they kept trooping in and out, especially those at the club. They come, eat, and go back to the club. At around 4 a.m., we had to clean up while waiting for those on morning duty to come and take over.

After the whole handing and taking over, I went back home with the mindset of going to class. I reached home at around 7 a.m. I decided to rest a little, only for me to wake up and find the time for lectures had passed. On the days I manage to meet up with lectures, all I do is sleep in class. Friends told me I'd get used to it, but I was skeptical because I know I can't trick nature.

• Enough Rest: Each time I get the chance, I give myself enough rest. Every slight opportunity I get, I maximize it by resting.

• I had to learn not to sleep at all if I had any classes in the morning, because once I do, I am surely going to miss that class.

• Coffee: In order to stay awake in class and not sleep, I made coffee one of my everyday drinks. The caffeine content helps keep me awake.