Work/Social life balance

Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well and enjoying your summer holidays/exam leave.

I've just got back from my holiday and I'm off again tomorrow how exciting!!!

Anyway, this post is going to be all about how I juggle my time between work and social life whilst at university and also why it is important to get involved in different activities.

As you all know I commute to university, however this has only been since I started my second year I did live in halls of residence for my first/fresher year. I personally would not commute for my first year of university as I think this really makes it a struggle to meet people and socialise as you'll only be seeing your course mates in lectures. Of course after a while you'll get to know people and establish friends but I think you'll really be distancing yourself if you live too far away to go on those crucial first nights out.
Not only the nights out but you must take time to attend all of the fresher events as this is where you're going to meet some of those lifelong university friends that you will never meet otherwise. People from different courses, all sorts of people. Get yourself involved in every activity going even if you're not that keen you need to be sociable and approachable so that you can have the best chance at meeting some really great people in those first few weeks of moving in.

The balance is difficult, however when you're at university if you want to make sure you can attend every student night all you have to do is make sure you get a weekend job as these always take place during the week and that way you'll never miss out. Although if you are a home person and want to be visiting home at the weekends you'll certainly need to budget you money well in order to be able to not have a part-time job whilst you're at uni. I simply could not afford to live without a part-time job, student finance didn't even cover my rent so I already had to find money for that elsewhere. It was very difficult and I was so thankful for my parents helping me out because otherwise I'd of lived of tins of beans, literally.
The balance between university work and your social life is a lot easier I think because most social events at university happen at night and are mainly nights out. I think as long as you don't overdo it you'll be able to keep on track of work and have a decent social life whilst you're at university.

I don't agree with this image I found, I think as long as everything in your life is balanced you can have a good social life, as well as good grades, time with family and even enough sleep. Just know when other things should come first and don't be silly about it. 

My main piece of advice for this post however, is to put yourself out there when you move to university. Although this may mean you being out of your comfort zone, really that's what uni is all about. Being independent and living by yourself is one of the best things about university as you really find out how difficult it is and everyone grows up when they move away I think.

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post.

Until next time,

M