My life as Both a Soccer Player and A College Student

            Academically I am doing very well in college, much better than I did academically in high school. In high school I maintained around a 2.9 GPA. Right now in college I’m maintaining a 3.85 GPA, so college is going very well for me so far.

What I’m doing the best so far is time management. I always set aside time to study, and do homework. My strategy for time management is to study and do work for 30 minutes to an hour then take a break for an hour or two and then come back to my work. This strategy has worked well for me so far, we’ll see if it still works for me when I take my harder classes. There are a lot of things that have helped me progress academically in college. One of the biggest categories that has helped me progress academically in college is the fact that I have found a group and a wide variety of good people to hang out with. As I was going through high school one of my coaches would always tell me “show me your friends and I’ll show you your future”. As a freshman back then I didn’t really know what it meant but then I finally figured out what it meant and that was if you want to be successful then the people you hang around should also want to be successful. I have different friends that I hang out with in different situations. I have friends that I study with, I have friends that I party with, and I have the friends that I just typically hangout with all the time. Making good friends has definitely helped me out socially and academically.  The last big part that has helped me academically is getting close with my teachers, so that they all know my face. I usually try to answer questions, participate, and be productive in class. For me participating is the best way for me to learn, so I’m usually near the front of the class answering questions or asking questions. I’ve found that teachers tend to like it better when you participate, and are actually in class rather than just being another body wasting space. My attendance in all my classes is also very good so that also contributes to my academic uprising in college.

I need to improve my writing creativity. For a lot of my classes I am not creative enough or I just can’t turn my thoughts into words. A lot of times I also find myself procrastinating too much. I’ll lay down and put my work off for later. I need to stop doing this. One thing that helps me stop doing this is Soccer. With Soccer I have no extra time to put my work aside for, so I need to do my work when I set my time aside for it. I’m also planning on double majoring in math, and public accounting, so I have no extra time. I’m taking around 18 credits every semester, so I need to teach myself to budget my time and plan properly now.

This is my life as both a Soccer player and a college student