{"id":509,"date":"2012-03-27T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=509"},"modified":"2012-03-27T09:29:13","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T13:29:13","slug":"tom-the-balancing-act-of-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2012\/03\/27\/tom-the-balancing-act-of-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom: The Balancing Act of College"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TomHey guys! I am back and blogging for you guys again. Earlier in the semester I told you guys that I was auditioning for The 25th<\/sup> Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.<\/em> Time sure does fly by as I am now in the final week of rehearsals before opening night!! For the past month, my life has been schoolwork, work, rehearsal & sleep, all day everyday. But I\u2019ve still managed to find time for a social life. For this blog post, I\u2019ve chosen to write my Top 5 Tips for surviving the balancing act of college.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Caffeine\u2026 but with a limit.<\/strong> I am so grateful to be on a campus that has five Starbucks locations on campus. When I\u2019m trying to balance all of the different things, I find my daily dose of caffeine a necessity. However, you need to keep it within limit. Pulling all nighters with a redbull in hand is never productive. A cup of coffee or two will do you fine.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find the best study space.<\/strong> If it wasn\u2019t for my favorite go-to study space (The Starbucks in SMG), I would never be productive. Find a productive place to do all of your work and you will get work done in half the time!<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Get plenty of sleep.<\/strong> You will only be able to function with enough sleep. While it may seem like a better idea to stay up all night and finish all your work, trust me \u2013 getting sleep will lead to more efficient work.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Know when to say \u201cno\u201d.<\/strong> My classic problem is the \u201cover-achieving, I want to take on the world\u201d problem. You know what I\u2019m talking about \u2013 you want to be on the Executive Board for five different clubs, while working and while maintaining a 4.0. Trust me, learn when is enough and learn to say \u201cno\u201d to commitments that come your way.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stay Calm!<\/strong> Probably most important of all. College is a time to have fun \u2013 not be stressed. Do things that keep you calm \u2013 take a mental health day and go shopping or go to the movies, and never let yourself get too overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

Follow these five tips (and maybe even learn some of your own) and you will be good to go! I\u2019ve managed to balance a part-time job, COM Ambassador duties, my school work and all of my work with BU On Broadway. I have confidence you\u2019ll be able to handle the balancing act of college the same way.<\/p>\n

Signing off,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey guys! I am back and blogging for you guys again. Earlier in the semester I told you guys that I was auditioning for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Time sure does fly by as I am now in the final week of rehearsals before opening night!! For the past month, my life … Continue reading Tom: The Balancing Act of College<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2379],"tags":[7721,7348,1483],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}