Life File #7 (Where'd 6 go...?)

The yellow box that we were told to look at (top of page 290) solidifies something for me. That I am NOT alone. Although it feels much that way sometimes. "... Many twenty somethings are in the same boat." Having that quote put in a book that was published and distributed to millions of people my age around the states really drives home that people are having the same difficulties as me with college and managing life in general.

I think that I am in a sort of crisis mode, but not fully "in". I can keep control of the stuff that really matters to me, and can keep control of school most of the time, but the other stuff that still needs to get done, doesn't really get done anymore, unless I sit down, and specifically alott a good chunk of time to doing so. For example: Eating meals during the day. I have so much to do, that eating seems like it can wait. I've now usually ended up eating only 1 meal a day at around 3 in the afternoon, or 12 at night. I need to gain full control, or I can tell, that one day, I'm just going to basically collapse and I'm going to need around a week to recuperate or something...

I don't plan on needing that much time to recover from my mistakes. I simply don't have THAT much time to waste on trying to feel better. So the steps that I'm going to take to fix this are:
1. Get up earlier/on time (imagine that...) to...
1.1 Eat a good breakfast every day.
2. Go to school knowing whats going on, like when tests, are and being alert during class.
3. Doing homework and after class stuff in the library when it's fresh in my mind and not going home.
4. Talk to my dad about not working. This week, I'm working 26 hours at Ukrops. 26 hours of which I could be putting towards my education, and getting the best grades that I can. Instead I'm earning money, which I admit is VERY important in the kind of society that we have today, but my question is:
4.1 Find out if the amount of money made while working in school is going to be greater in the long run than opposed to not working in school, then getting a job after I graduate. Logic dictates that the more money you have, the more money you have, obviously. But is it worth it physically, mentally, and academically? I'm beginning to think not, but then comes into the play, the paradigm that college students work to pay off their expenses. Which of course I have which means that I should be working maybe even more than I already am. It's a terrible paradox really. Either that or I'm just whining with no right to, and am trying to justify it.
5. Go to bed on time. Self explanatory: more sleep, more energy = more "doing" = less work in the long run.
6. STOP PROCRASTINATING

Of course, part of this crisis mode is "curve balls." I honestly was a tad surprised about my mid-term grade for the portfolio. I thought I nailed that one. I thought that grade was a pretty curved pitch But another curve ball is that the midterm grade I got could be completely erased if I REALLY nail the final portfolio and its content. A great opportunity that I'm making absolutely sure I don't miss/loose.

Since I'm doing so much to get this final portfolio right, I feel like if I devote maybe even 1/2 of the effort directed to the portfolio towards... My business class for example..., that I'll be able to handle anything that comes my way. So in essence, I feel prepared for college, but am not fully ready... Yet.