by Alison Chapman
Football season has arrived again. I am anticipating many weekends of fun-filled social activities. They start on Friday night, and they do not end until Sunday evening; sometimes even later than that. Friends come into town, dinners, tailgating, and numerous parties to go to. These are always fun when the season starts, but they get tiring after a month or two. It is difficult when Monday comes around and you haven’t gotten enough sleep. You drag and barely make it through the day.
In addition to working and social activities, I am now in graduate school, working on my MBA. I work, go to school and study during the week. On the weekends, if I need to, I study. But I try to relax and enjoy myself as much as I can. The problem is I have friends coming in town, weddings, wedding showers, happy hours and parties that I want to go to as well. I enjoy going to all these events, and I hate missing even one. After starting graduate school, I had realized that I have to make sacrifices and say “no” when I need to. I need my energy for work and school right now, and those are my priorities. It is difficult enough for people that work to have enough energy to get through the week, much less someone that is going to school in addition.
As much as I have hated it, I have learned to decline social events that I am invited to. I realize that there are sacrifices that I have to make in order to accomplish my goals. I have also realized that, although I am missing out on some small things now, there is a much greater goal down the road. This is something we all have to realize when we are trying to accomplish our goals, whether that goal is going to school, raising kids, buying a house or advancing in your career. It is a difficult thing for people to realize. But if you want something bad enough, you will learn to balance.
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