If you've every struggled to combine being a student and working online, here are three tips that have helped me while studying the second most difficult course in the world.

1. You don’t need to attend all lectures: During my 100 level days (year 1), I was like a normal student. Attended virtually all the classes and this was affecting the quality of work I delivered to clients. I barely balanced both activities. At times, these lecturers won’t come thus making me lose time and money. The point here is that if you study your timetable properly, there are lectures that can, and should avoid to create time for your work.

2. Delegate tasks: I’d like to put this point as, allow your money work for you. Imagine coming back from school by 6pm, you have to rest, cook, and at times, wash your dishes, and boom before you know it, it’s 11pm.

You’d hardly perform at your best and won’t do a good job for your clients. To solve this, learn to hire people that can take care of minor tasks like washing your clothes, and for the food, you can order takeouts, etc.

3. Don’t neglect one for the other (learn time management): About this time last year, I lost about 3 clients. Exams were coming in fast and I hadn’t read so much… I had to tell them and they didn’t get back to me after it was over. This L made me realize I should never focus on one aspect and neglect the other, but learn how to balance both.

The best way to do this is allocate time for school, often weekly and another for your client work.

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