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"The opportunity cost of working full time while studying and its affects on my personal life"
-The challenges of managing time effectively coupled with lack of social support network and the onset of emotional fatigue being brought on by the feeling of burnout

By: Anika Raisa Khan
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Work-Life Balance: Personal and Organizational Perspectives on Balance and Flexibility, HRM 6920 – Fall 2014
Dr. Souha R. Ezzeseen
York University
November 24, 2014

The mere idea of working full time and balancing the act of studying full time takes quite an emotional toll on human lives. It is an enduring struggle of maintaining a healthy split between the professional, personal as well as the time required to spend on studies being a graduate …show more content…

Friedman, I can take a few measures that will give me the necessary confidence to tackle the time crunch that I face on a daily basis. One of the option can be keeping a timely diary of my days including the events, thoughts and deadlines and reflecting on them on a daily basis to find the progress being made on maintaining my priorities which will be a part of tracking and reflecting on my days. Furthermore, depending on my analysis of this daily diary and completion of my deadlines for each day, I will be better equipped to identify my opportunities and how to make better use of my limited time and break down the plan for the coming days accordingly. This planning and organizational stage will help me in finding the time to take the necessary breaks need to reinvigorate myself both physically and mentally. Finding a time for these mini breaks will mean that I can jump back into my work/studies with a renewed sense of purpose and focus. Breaking my day down in such minute fashion would also help free up some time which I can use towards personal and social life. While these steps might help me plan my days better, it will not necessarily solve all the problems that I am facing currently. A few other options that I might look at accordingly to Friedman would be to first and foremost having the mental strength of saying no to social obligations however tempting they may be to ensure that I am absorbed as well as determined on the task at hand. I should also open myself to the idea of sharing my thoughts and feelings with my support network and at the same time listening to their feedback that will help me negate the feeling of negligence and isolation that I suffer from time to time. Like I mentioned earlier, I have tried to maximize my commute time by getting through the reading but I can explore this avenue further by looking potential multi tasking opportunities in my daily activities to make

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