Hey it's me again,

I've realised all I seem to do on this blog is moan- but that's me! However, here is a bit of advice from me about university, feel free to take it with a pinch of salt..

Anyway, I'm well into my third year at university and it's harder than I expected, not because of the schedules, not because of the endless reading but its the organisation and self discipline that's throwing me off course.

You get a warped idea from sources such as social media, TV programs or the endless people saying 'University was the best 3 years of my life' that it's going to be a breeze, you are under the impression that you will meet loads of new people, make friends for life, have the independence you have always wanted and also in the mean time get a degree. Yes, it all sounds great right....the fact is if its not one thing, its another. As one part of your life slowly falls into place it seems another part of your life has to be sacrificed at this moment in time my university work is suffering and today is the first day I have managed to catch up on my work (still not fully there yet). In all honesty I could make some stupid excuses that life gets you down (which it does) but frankly I have been reveling in self pity a little too much now a days and using this as an excuse for missing lectures and not doing my work- but this has to stop.

The main thing to remember in University is nobody is going to make you do anything, nobody is going to hold a gun to your head whilst you write a 10,000 word dissertation or make you attend your lectures/seminars, only one person benefits from doing this  and that person is YOU! after all you are the one paying the money to be there..
One of the things I need to remember is that this all ends in May, when everything is handed in and (hopefully) I get a degree out of it and so for the time being everything else needs to come second, but like I said if its not one thing...its another and sometimes other aspects of your life get in the way of doing what you need to do, however finding the strength to do the things you hate and making sacrifices such as not going out with friends or not having that drink you wanted will benefit you in the long term! and when its all over feel free to get rat arsed and run around naked...not that I will be of course *cough*.

Right now it feels like I'm having to sacrifice far too much because everything seems to be restricting me from doing my work or getting to university:

• Firstly, I am still having to commute at least 4 hours a day to university and in this weather that is not a nice journey and the transport system seems to be failing to deal with these weather conditions..
• Secondly, I am having to sacrifice one of the things I love the most- my fitness. I don't have the time to work out 2 hours a day anymore or go for that long bike ride, or long walk, not to mention the weather is restricting those things as well but with all the commuting and reading the day goes so fast and working out in the mornings drains what little energy I have...so I look and feel awful at the moment. 
• Thirdly, relating to the second point all this stress is causing me to eat because frankly its the one thing that makes me feel better and gives me that 'high' I so desperately crave now a days. 
• I have lost my love for reading through the endless texts I'm having to read that I just don't enjoy.
• I have no money so I am trying to get a job, I have interviews lined up but that poses another problem of time I can spend on my university work and causes me to commute a lot more.
• Last but not least I'm trying my best to be sociable by getting myself out but then again that restricts the time I can spend on getting organised for the week, and that means prepping meals/sorting transport/ reading everything/ trying to get up earlier to work out and also my friends are living near University and I'm not.