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well it sounds like you need to get your priorities set straight. if your serious about college, you should try to make that your main focus. if it is at all possible to not have a job, then i’d say don’t get one until your out of college. if you absolutely must have a job, then take less classes at college so you’re not overly stressed. as far as balancing it with your karate, you either need to drop it all together, or learn how to schedule your homework around those times. the best thing to do is to make a weekly plan for yourself. write down what needs to be done immediately (within one week) and concentrate only on that amount. make a schedule for yourself, day by day, and force yourself to stick to it. thats the hardest part, because its going to take alot of responsibility and will power to say no to partying and say yes to studying. but that’s really what college is about. the first year is sort of boring, but also try to find a way to make yourself interested in what you’re studying so that you want to get the work done.

When would you have time to work? Make a list of priorities, then decide where your time is better spent. If you need the work for the schooling, maybe karate will have to take a back seat for awhile. If you over extend yourself, and the school work doesn’t get done, it will just take longer and be harder to start again. A job doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be around a lot of people; could you get paid for giving karate lessons on the side perhaps? Tutoring maybe? Just some ideas…