The crisis of getting sidetracked

[reybelde]

I'm now in my senior year of college, pero feeling ko forever senior na ako because of the fact that despite enroling as a freshman in 1996, I haven't graduated yet for various reasons, among others working under different entities. At present I have 2 jobs alternating with my "final" (dapat lang! kasi classified as someone who has reached the maximum residency requirement in university) semester in school (in fact, thesis + another subject pa ang pagbubunuan ko before I graduate formally in 2002).

Now the thing is, since nawili na rin ako sa work (esp. the one as researcher for an NGO which also brought me to places, and that Makati thing na hinold ko muna for the meantime because of that NGO thing) and that school's in once more, I'm afraid that one of my three commitments might be sidetracked. Natatakot pa naman ako na mangyari ang ganyan because I've been enoying my work (although that NGO has been affected because the past 2 weeks I prioritized my enrolment; thus hindi ko rin nakuha yung pasahod nun which could be used sana as payment for enrolment; ngayon eh umuutang muna ako sa friends ko) and that ayoko na rin namang mag-stop sa work ko just because of school dahil nakapagstart na rin lang naman ako eh. Besides, I also thought na at my age, I shoudl be working na rin, irregardless of having graduated or not. (Which bolstered my mentality of inggit towards people my age or schoolmates whio have graduated na and are working)

In fact, sa school namin, marami rin kami na mga problemado sa thesis and some of them are already dead-set to enter the corporate world kahit na pending pa rin/ginagawa pa rin ang thesis nila. As for me naman, I'm really, really dead-set to graduate na talaga. I have to.

Or is it that, as I see it this way, I'm paying the price for not graduating on time?

I'm really confused as to my priorities. What do you think should I do? Para bang I don't wanna give up on one of the three priorities sa semester na ito. Please help me out naman.

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[KuyaDanny]

reybelde, you know how I feel about this, so I won't repeat myself here. ;)

Good luck to you.

[aticus]

Do you have to do all those things NOW? At the same time?

I mean, what's the harm in postponing NGO work till after you graduate? It's an NGO... they'll take you back. ;)

I take it, then, that part of the problem is you really don't like school, and would RATHER work for the NGO and/or other groups.

In which case my humble opinion is to get school over with so that you can concentrate on what you truly love.

[reybelde]

Originally posted by aticus
Do you have to do all those things NOW? At the same time?

I mean, what's the harm in postponing NGO work till after you graduate? It's an NGO... they'll take you back. ;)

I take it, then, that part of the problem is you really don't like school, and would RATHER work for the NGO and/or other groups.

In which case my humble opinion is to get school over with so that you can concentrate on what you truly love.

Yup. I do all these 3 at the same time, esp. that school thing. It's just the thesis thing and another major subject that I have to work out in school for half a year. As for the NGO work, it seems to be an enjoying experience in a way, though I must admit that I'm still groping for time because I have to do all these 3 at the same time (though that Makati thing -- an underwqriter for an insurance company based in Makati -- was indefinitely held because of that NGO commitment). Good thing that my term with the NGO will end by next week, but if that's the case, I'll have to look for another possible part-time employer who would, among others, take into consideration, my schedule in school (M-Th, 1-4 pm, provided that I'll agree to work even on weekends).

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