#working student

[ofhoovesandheart]

that time of year again ☁️

[desultory-suggestions]

I'm sending love to everyone working through college. It isn't fair that any of us have to choose between our education and our basic needs, and balancing the two is a heavy burden. It's easy to compare yourself to your peers who are excelling, but you're not comparable! You are working twice as much and you're allowed to be exhausted. Take little moments to care for yourself when possible, and let yourself feel. You will get through this!

[onestepwithfaith]

please don’t scroll—i just need a minute of your time.

i’m a 19-year-old college student trying to balance school, work, and life. over the years, i’ve gotten a little unlucky, and now my car is in need of some serious attention. my tires are near bald, and one of them was even damaged when another driver carelessly texted while driving and crashed into me. i rely on my car to get to work, run errands, and attend class, so having it in good shape is essential for me.

i’m actively working through doordash and looking for more opportunities to make ends meet, but i’m struggling to get the funds to keep my car running safely. i’m trying to:

- get new tires (around $600) so i can drive safely and continue working.

- get a subaru diagnostic (about $150) to check for any potential problems since my car is a 2011 model and older cars can have issues that might not be obvious.

i’ve been doing my best to stay on top of everything, but i could really use some help. the money will go directly to getting my tires replaced and having my car checked out to avoid any future problems. anything left would go toward a small emergency fund for my car, so i don’t have to keep stressing and losing sleep over unexpected breakdowns.

i know there are people going through even harder times, and i respect that so deeply. but if you can spare even just one dollar—or a share—it would mean the world to me.

i’m learning that i don’t have to do everything on my own, and it’s not a crime to ask for help. God bless you for any kind of support, even if it’s just keeping me in your thoughts. my links to donate are in my profile, even just looking at them helps more than you know.

[supportstudies]

100 Days of Productivity (46/100)

April 13th 2024

been a silly goose but I’m back on the grind gang. I am so back. anyways had a wonderful day yesterday with my besties @kiwi-mochipanda and joy who is tumblrless. we did so many fun things for joys bday and got kbqq which was banger and I destroyed that beef brisket like my life depended on it. we also went to the fancy shmancy mall and we all got cute shoes!! today was also wonderful (minus work I had to leave early before I had a meltdown bc our assistant managers do literally nothing all day and the gm can’t fire him his boss has to ughhh) me and @f0xttr0t went brekkie with jake and I just love being outside and eating food with my dog and bestie shit goes hard yk. Then I went to work which was fine customer wise and I love working at cec it’s just that once again the assistant managers do nothing and we were severely understaffed today. my gm is super nice tho and I called him and told him what happened and he said he’d pay me for the rest of my shift since I basically worked 4 jobs at once. but other that, in the words of ice cube, today was a good day.

🎧 - Crazy Form, ATEEZ

Productivity/Self Care

submitted more library applications!

did laundry!

went out for breakfast

planned for tomorrow

went to work and stood up for myself

had tea time

read (fanfiction counts gang)

did creative writing

See you guys tmrw :3

[thirdshiftstudent]

Pushing through a very stressful semester. 

week of september 22, 2024

I basically just started this blog and I've already skipped a week's post (oops). I'm slightly behind in 2 of my classes but I'm confident I can catch back up over fall break. I've certainly had more disastrous semesters in the past, so this is manageable by comparison. You'd think that after nearly 4 years of college I'd crack the code on this whole "time management" thing, but in all honesty being a working student (especially night shift like myself) never gets easier. If you end up getting behind, don't forget to give yourself some grace. Beating yourself up over some missteps won't get you any closer to getting back on track. Take a moment to pause, breathe, reevaluate, then get back to doing what you know you're capable of. You've succeeded before so you have it in you to succeed now. (In hindsight I should probably start taking my own advice).

to-do (Fall break edition): Catch up on late work Clean my spaces (bedroom, desk, etc) Set up October planner

[adreaming-girl-lostintime]

Wow I feel like I’ve been on pause for years and everyone are on forward… not even play… forward…

[poetess-ofthefall]

I am not good at waking up early. I usually wake up 15 minutes before I have to leave home for work and in that time I can barely brush my teeth, have a cup of black tea, and change as I book and wait for the cab. But yesterday and today were different. My sister and I did it, and it felt amazing! I am an obgyn resident so I have to manage daily hospital shifts along with studying. I'm trying my best though. Got a big exam next Tuesday (in 9 days), with a lot at stake. Wishing well to everyone. I hope to cover my target for today before going for the night shift!

[wrenthetitmouse]

The narrative around burnout being ‘it’s going to take months of rest to recover’ is great and all but wtf does that actually look like? And who has the ability to just put everything on hold for months? I know I don’t, my savings would only go so far and I have a degree to attend to. I’m aware that I’m playing with fire and I’m already seeing the scorch marks but literally what other choice do I have?

[dot-in-a-ladybug]

joining in the productivity train . . so here goes my day 1/100 !

i did Nothing productive actually. well, i did something—a case digest—which wasn't used because our Criminal Law 1 professor only did provisions AND i was absent, too, because i still feel super sick. i feel sick both physically & mentally is how i describe it.

aside from the digest i made (which took me almost an hour to find the full-text of because apparently, the case was super old and it was written fully in spanish), i studied a couple of provisions from the RPC but it was still a little bit useless because i was absent from class.

besides that, i just bed-rotted and despised myself for being so unproductive. tomorrow, i will be in a work meeting & it kills me so much. i have been super anxious about it the whole fucking day. it's unreal what anxiety causes me.

that's all! i'll try finding a way to keep myself alive tomorrow <33

[student-gotta-go-blog]

Day 79/100 of productivity

Saturday, October 19th

As usual, I worked the entire day today. I didn't pass out this week, though I did feel a bit queasy around lunchtime. Judging from my symptoms and the fact that it runs in the family, I might have diabetes. I hope not, though. It is quite a tough chronic illness to deal with. Type 2 runs in our family, and there isn't much you can do to prevent this type. I eat healthy, I work out, take care of myself, and this can always just sneak up on me.

The moon yesterday and tonight have been very golden. I wasn't able to see the comet tonight due to clouds. Hopefully, they will clear up tomorrow.

[yknijazodnem]

Self care: Sept. 26, 2024

This day we have ppt in P.E., oh my gosh after the exercises we perform and got home from work. I got ache, in legs and shoulder. I feel like I can't walk for the whole day but I put a pain reliever oil so tomorrow I can walk. My feeling right now is better than the other hahahaha. 🤭🤭

[prideandparchment]

Trying to tackle all of this uni work week by week while also having a job and a side hustle is exhausting...

[wierdkid20]

My rant of the day is that if your a professor running an online class you should at minimum be posting announcements or whatever once a week, ideally with updates on deadlines or anything upcoming.

[supportstudies]

100 Days of Productivity (37, 38/100)

March 14th & 15th

Eeepy time for mint. anyways weekly planner update!! woo!! Tomorrow I work and then I work and then I work and then- I’m off for my moms bday woo!! I did some laundry today and I’m about to take a shower AND change my sheets it’s about to be the best sleep of my lifeeee. Work was okay today, definitely feeling the jaws of capitalism clamp down on my waist and slowly bite me in half. I’m gonna start a cool project with a coworker though! we’re both into game dev stuff and i’d love to do some concept art again. I do miss it. I might restart my bookbinding project too.

🎧 - Nobody, Mitski

Productivity/Self Care

showered

did laundry

planned for tomorrow

put important dates in calendar

read!

had dinner with my grandparents

mopped my room floor

worked aaaaa

See y’all in a few hours o7

[thirdshiftstudent]

week of september 8, 2024

because of a city-wide power surge i was kept at work until nearly 6:00am tuesday. that coupled with a general trend of me being kept increasingly late and my heavy course load has made for a hectic first few weeks of fall semester. on the bright side, i had an appointment with my psych and i'll be starting a new routine with my meds that i hope will stave off my executive dysfunction when it's time to do homework.

in other news, my boyfriend's birthday is next week, so i'm making plans for us to spend a day at the zoo! i haven't decided what kind of cake i want to bake for the occasion, but knowing him, he'll be happy with anything. quality time with loved ones is just the thing i need to recharge.

current class readings:

The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions - John Donne

selected readings from Michel Foucault's work

Life Among the Piutes - Sarah Winnemucca

to-do

ASL - units 1.4-1.5

BWN - start essay 1

QT - weekly writing 5

PL - start writing exercise 1

CTM - brainstorm for essay 1 and choose topic