‘Balancing’ or something like that

I was at an audit hearing last night and I was asked “Do you even get time for your boyfriend?”
I said no just to be sarcastic. But the person obviously has seen something that led them to ask that.

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I decided to skip my first lecture of the day today just to catch a little break.

I’m a final year student and aside normal lectures and all that it comes with, I have my final year project work to do. Just yesterday again, my supervisor met me and said he would give me a “D”.

My friend that lives next door to me, I can go a whole week without seeing her or talking to her. If it’s necessary, we just talk on phone. So my friendships are messed up too.

So what do I do with my time? Well, I got myself into this mess in the first place. Being a student leader is hell. It’s pure frustration. It’s energy draining and time consuming. At this point, I’m sure I can write a book about it.

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Just a brief picture of how things are going on now.
Last week, I went home for Eid, spent two days at home cause it’s been long I’ve been home, left to go for a conference in Accra, got to school on Monday, went straight to my first lecture of the week, went to the office right after to catch up with all my work since I wasn’t in school, had two meetings, coupled with anger and frustration that comes with dealing with some of my colleagues. Then I had an audit hearing to attend, passed by to see my friend at her hostel, finally got to my hostel and went straight to bed.

Woke up on Tuesday and left the hostel even before 8 am. Got to the office to continue my work, had two meetings, another audit hearing at night, a visit to my friend and straight to bed at 12 am.

Today is Wednesday, skipped my 7 am lecture just so I can breathe. Tomorrow around this time, I would be in a bus to a congress and would be getting back to school next week.
So I don’t have a life, talkless of balancing it.

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But I’ve gradually learnt to blend everything in at some point. I call the people important to me throughout the day, maybe I’m walking to the office after a meeting or an errand, I use the time to make calls, or when I’m eating.

And when I wake up early or when I scroll through my phone right before I sleep, I go on all my other social media accounts to catch up. But all throughout the day, I think about hive. I think about all the contests I could participate in. I mostly come to find an interesting topic only to realize the deadline has passed.
I have so many pending post in my head that I want to write.

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Right now I’m trying to engage or make a post every morning before I start my activities for the day. That way, even if I don’t get to come back during the day, but I would still have some engagement.

The part I don’t stress much about it my family. I just call home from time to time to say hi or when I’m penniless. We’ve been taught to live independently so hardly do I have any commitments unless I’m home.

I’ve also been trying to make my weekends the time for me to hangout with my friends or catch up on everything I’ve missed throughout the week.

So I think I’ve got a routine here. Hive in the morning, the rest of the day with all that it comes with, and some rest at night. For now, that’s all I can hope to have.