Time Managing

    How would you manage the time when so many things happen at the same time? Assuming that you're not going to avoid anything to make it not to happen, how would you stay cool among those annoying thins bothering you and still remember to make a phone call to your parents telling them you're fine without any hesitation? This is the hardest time that I've experienced since the first day of graduate program started on September third. I got two mid-term exams, a presentation, five-hour mathematic classes in two weekends, six essays, and unsolved argument with my girlfriend. What needs to be worried is that those happenings are suppose to be held in these two weeks.


    This is my first semester of graduate program in the United States. Very different from the ESL program that I've taken in the United States though, now I'm really fighting not only for the language challenge, but for the future. In terms of the graduate program, which might be the last degree program of mine, I should thank God that I finally got the opportunity to study the major of financial economics in Boston University after being rejected by many universities I've applied. Just because it would be the last chance to pursue higher level of education, I took seriously choosing majors, unlike being chosen by the education system in Taiwan ten years before, despite of the world's trend which usually confuses students when choosing majors. 


    Being a graduate student in one of the exclusive universities of New England, I should be proud of myself at first. Time managing becomes significantly important than ever when the first day you enter the graduate program. If I were accepted by any university in California, I would be given a lecture about time managing before getting the graduate program started. That's the joke that I often talk to my friends. Studying in universities on the east coast, I don't have to spare my time choosing which party is funnier to go. According to an English teacher of mine who comes from New York, east coast is a please for students who really eager for knowledge. Even though I considered that's what he wanted to say to make me feel better after being rejected by University of South California, I stared to believe in him after participating several boring activities held by certain people. Maybe they spend too much time studying rather than create attractive activities.


    When so many things jammed at the same time, I have to make sort of determinations to get them well dome. At least I know what's the most difficult thing that I'm struggling with. A great deal to make myself less stressful is try to get rid of the most bothering thins I have. I decided to be concentrated on the next mid-term exam, which affects my grade badly. Further more, it's one of the most important core courses of my concentration. It doesn't mean that other classes are not important, but means that it helps me to build self confidence to get them done.


    What about the dangerous situation between me and my girlfriend? I decided to put it aside until the next weekend. I think it's a positive opportunity for us to calm down for a while seriously. Everything is gonna be alright.