STUDYING AND MY OTHER SIDE GIGS(The story behind it balancing it all)

Well, being a diverse person the biggest problem I had was balancing between my interests and school work. I have always known that I am versatile and I can multitask and this is the story on how I finally found the balance in all the things I do.

I have always known that I want to become a Content Creator. A blogging business, as well as the business of YouTube, have also crossed my mind a few times. The other thing is that my choice of career is also demanding. I had a lot of getting my life together to do.

Early this year, I had also gone for an attachment at an IT firm near our estate and I also had to do some programming before getting back to school the following trimester. I had a lot on my plate and I had to make sure it all works well.

The reason behind the attachment was to build my resume, the reason behind programming was to make sure I am kept abreast of the skills before the following trimester. Then there is the blogging and YouTube.

I can tell you it did not get any better. I got a burn out since I was pushing myself too hard. Balancing between these responsibilities became a hard nut to crack. Never the less I had to make sure I balance all of them and that is what led to the critical decisions I made.

Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is taking a break

TOUGH DECISIONS I HAD TO MAKE

I will not tell you that critical thinking is not required. That is a key necessity when you plan to have a productive era. I had to make some choices that I honestly did not agree with. I had to quit on some responsibilities and prioritize others.

YouTube has always been my all-time dream and adventure; feel free to check it out by the way I am still building it. My YouTube channel goes by the name Miss Iconic and I would appreciate any form of support you can give.

I called an unexpected break on my YouTube venture and I decided to lay low for a while. I did not honestly want to stop but the more content I produced the more I was getting affected. I was pushing myself to the wall and getting none to little of the best reward I can get from the work.

I have been on a YouTube break from March or somewhere there and most wonder why I did that because I still get a tonne of messages from My YouTube Family asking me why I stopped. I honestly cannot bring myself to telling them that I am breaking down since they look up to me.

The other responsibility I laid off was my blog. I had not yet bought a full suite for a blog, but I produced content on a free wordpress.com website. I did that consistently since I could let all my emotions and pain and good times on writing.

I had to call it off because there was too much pressure I am putting myself into hence I took my mother's advice and took a break on so much that I used to do. I remember the day I decided that I need a break and I am going on holiday was also at about the same time our online classes were starting.

The trimester we were about to start had around 3 programming languages in place. It was evident that it was not going to be an easy road. I was glad I had chosen by taking a break on my side ventures.

When we started off our classes it became super hard for my brain to concentrate. As I explained above, I am a jack-of-all-trades. I love being occupied with at least 3 things in the same period.

Here I was again, my mind not being maximized and I had to find another way. I love music and dancing so I joined TikTok to keep my mind off things but it did not work out so great. That was not what I was supposed to do.

I TOOK ON ANOTHER VENTURE

I feel like I am just a sucker when it comes to maximizing my brain. My intellectual capability is just not settled for me having a comfort zone. I had to look for another thing to take me through the trimester again.

I stumbled upon podcasting; Miss Iconic Psycology my podcast kept me busy all along up to date. I now have 3 content creation ventures that I need to balance between as well as my school work and they must all work.

On top of the podcasting, I enrolled for a bridging course in foreign language. I am a student taking Spanish. "imporatnte de espanol clase un difficil but yo no quero comprehend de espanol" Spanish for Spanish classes are important and difficult but I want to understand Spanish.

Now I have 3 things to occupy my mind and I am understanding my programming classes better. I gave my mind the challenge it wants.

MY BALANCING ADVISE

I will not tell you that what works for me will work for you but in all my school life I have always had to engage in at least 3 co-curricular activities to accompany my study life. I can pretty much say I have been great at balancing.

It is never going to be easy to balance but you must take your time and analyze what works for you and what does not. I honestly had so many instances that I can outline where I took on just one thing and I ended up failing. So it is a matter of you.

Balancing between multiple responsibilities is not for everyone and it gets hard, you just need to learn what works for you and what does not. I am still a student but I have so much I have to do.

I have so many engaging activities because I know I will learn new things that will help me build a great and successful name for my career. It is actually all about enriching my craft so I have to learn to balance.

But it is not a must for someone else. I can talk on and on but I just wanted to tell anyone who is reading this article that you can balance, just find the right fix for you and what will work for you.

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