I might be late in writing this one, but this is just a little update about what is happening in my life. There is nothing new, of course. I am still busy with school and life, so I have not been able to write in the past weeks.
The previous month was overwhelming. I did not even notice the date; it is already March, and it passed quicker than January—and here we are, heading into the second week of March.
I was writing this while listening to this music, and I find it fun - I feel that it is also fun to read while listening to it so yeah, I will attach the link here.
School and Life
In February, I had a busy month with school and life. We had to rush our thesis because we were running out of time. If we were one month late, we would not be able to graduate on time. That is why we rushed to accomplish the things that we needed to do for the month of February.
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Thankfully, we are done with our tasks now, and we will see major progress by the end of March.
Because of this, I was not able to write anything on my socials, and it felt a bit off for me, so I am making this update.
More than that, I was also busy with our quizzes and exams last month. You know, we have been having a pre-board exam every week. It is for preparation and a refresher for our board exam if we want to take it this coming September—which seems a bit impossible, I guess.
There are a lot of topics that I need to review, so yeah, I need to manage my time very well. As I said, my studies are my top priority for now. I had sleepless nights again, and it was exhausting. There was even a point where my eyes turned red due to sleep deprivation, but it is going fine now. So far, I hope it is not that serious.
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Oh, I was also not able to visit home for more than a month because we had to prepare and work on our thesis weekly. My class runs from Monday to Thursday, and we set Thursday to Friday (overnight) as our thesis days so we can complete everything on time.
Trust me, the expenses are no joke. I am expecting to spend another PHP 5,000.00 this coming month for testing, transportation, and miscellaneous costs. I am glad that I worked hard last December and managed to save a decent amount of money for my thesis. It is a huge help for my family. You can also add the financial assistance that I received from scholarships and my grandmother’s money—they are a huge help!
I hope I can graduate on time—manifesting for this one! If I keep doing better, I might graduate this coming June. I hope everything will be fine so I can start another stage and phase of my life.
Blogging
Due to being busy, I forgot about blogging again. Though I still visit the communities where I write to curate and read, I stopped writing for the meantime—I just don’t feel like doing it right now.
Also, due to the current issues with Medium, I am thinking of canceling my Medium membership for now and rethinking my content distribution strategy.
As of now, I have 1.4k followers, and I have made significant progress since December. I might go back again, but for now, I don’t think it is worth it, considering my busy schedule.
This image is a screenshot by the author from Medium's Stats Dashboard
I plan to keep writing on the platforms (Medium and Hive) and keep publishing just to show up, even if I don’t earn much money from it. A little update like this is also fine, in my opinion.
This image is a screenshot by the author from Hivestats.io
I don’t want to overthink my writing again. I just want to keep writing and worry about traffic later. After all, this is my way of documenting my life.
Lessons
I learned that time management is a must and that planning ahead is always best. We managed to finish everything on time—thanks to teamwork as well. As of now, we are preparing for the expenses. It will be a lot, I swear!
For now, I will keep showing up in the blogging community—even if it’s just by reading or dropping a comment on some posts. That’s enough to keep me updated on the community.
As of now, I prioritize my school and life—I will be graduating soon, after all.
Manifesting!
Then I might go back to being a full-time blogger… who knows!?
Thank you for reading!