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I’m Craving For More Hours in a Day

I’m sure you’ve all felt this way before: you’re so busy with work, school, extracurricular activities, and social obligations that you feel like you don’t have enough time in the day to do everything you need to do. You might feel like you’re constantly running around, trying to juggle all of your commitments. And if you’re like me, you might start to feel like you’re not doing any of your activities well because you’re spread so thin.

I’ve been feeling this way a lot lately. I’m a high school student, I have an internship, and I’m involved in a few clubs. I also like to spend time with my friends and family and get adequate sleep every night. And while I love all of these things, it’s starting to feel like there’s just not enough time in the day to do everything I want to do.

I’ve tried to be more efficient with my time, but it’s hard. There are only so many hours in a day, and there are always going to be things that come up and take up my time. 

I know that’s not possible, of course. But I can’t help but feel like I would be more productive if I had just a few more hours. I could get more work done at my internship, I could spend more time studying, and I could even have some time to relax and have fun. 

I know that I’m not the only one who feels this way. There are a lot of people who are constantly busy and feel like they don’t have enough time to do everything they need to do. There aren’t always things you can do to improve the amount of free time that you have, but a lot of the time, you are wasting your time in some specific aspects. 

To begin with improving, I started to log everything that I did every day. I was able to see some aspects of my time that could either be moved around or could have been done more efficiently. I personally am not a user of social media or play any video games, but I can see how a lot of that time can be wasted, such as wasting time catching up on videos I had missed. 

I have also been more proactive in asking for help and getting support. If I am ever struggling, I would be spending a lot less time if I were to understand the problems, and I have been asking my family and friends for help. 

And even if I am not able to reach the amount of work that I wish I could have finished in a day, I still try my best to set realistic goals. If I were to set ambitious goals, it would result in me not feeling satisfied or being frustrated as I head to bed.

And if you have any tips for getting more hours in the day, I’m all ears!