Lack of Sleep

I can't remember the last time I slept 8 hours. I think this is a bad thing. I really wish I could sleep even 5 hours a night, but life demands more of me. Being a working student is very strenuous. I wish there were other options, but in order to avoid being lower class, I need to complete school, and in order to complete school, I must work to pay for it. I hope I do not fall on my double-edged sword.

Working Hard

Each day I work my butt off, but each day still something suffers. I have two jobs and a full-time load at Idaho State University. It seems no matter what I do there is no happy median. Right now, everything at work is going well, but school is going horrible. If I were to change this up and school be going good then I'm sure work would be going horrible. It is not in my nature to let both just do mediocre. I am a person who must be excelling somewhere. To excel at both means no sleep and an eventual blow up where nothing is good. I don't know what to do anymore.  I'm afraid I will soon end up like this.

Surviving School and Work

If you are a student and working too, this blog is for you.
I have created this blog as an outlet for working students to let each other and the world know what we go through. It is hard being a student. It is hard working 40 hours. It is hard to imagine doing both, but for a lot of students it is reality. In today's world we are working more and more and still preparing for even more work at the same time. Why do students take on so much? For many there is no choice. For others it is hard to settle for the low standard of living they face without a college degree. Whatever the reason, students that are working as well, struggle to survive.

As the world changes, and competition for decent pay increases, more students are pushing their limits to new ends. It is so hard to do both work and school that both suffer tremendously, but are there other options? Sure there are. A student can just be a student , but for those without parents who can front the bill this means creating a debt they may never be able to repay if they don't graduate and get a decent job. An already employed person can quit school, but this limits what they can possibly ever make in their lifetime and for most there is no chance of even making it to the middle class standard of living without and education. Neither, of these options are that appealing, and that is why the limits are pushed with both.