5 Tips on How to Balance a Part-time Job While Studying

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5 Tips on How to Balance a Part-time Job While
Studying

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• Vacancies.ae

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1. Where you live is important

• In the beginning, I used to live a long way from
  the city centre, where my school was located. To
  get to school from home was not too difficult but
  getting back home from the restaurant I worked at
  part-time in was very tiring. I had to take two
  buses, which took around 1.15 hrs. However, since
  mid-Feb until my last week at school, I lived in
  a flat in the city centre, only 7 minutes walk to
  school and much nearer my place of work. I saved
  a lot of time and energy and had more chances to
  hang out with friends. Triple the benefits!

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2.  Choose the right school and place to work

• My school truly understood students needs and
  treated us as individuals. After two months
  working in the restaurant after classes, and
  finishing very late night, I finally found a
  better job. I asked for advice from the School
  Principal since my new workplace only opened
  during the day. On the school's advice, and
  to fit in with my new job, I moved to an evening
  class which didnt finish too late. My last
  manager had also been very considerate. She knew
  that my class started at 5pm so she made sure
  that my schedule and class hours didnt overlap.

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3. Work out the best routine

• Personally, I found doing homework in the early
  morning,right after I woke up, was the most
  efficient. Sometimes I did it during the hours
  before class. Even on my day off, I still went to
  school and did extra exercises in the Self
  Study room. I found I could learn more English
  there than at home in my flat.

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4. Stay focused on what you are doing and
prioritise tasks

• I often played on my mobile phone in class at the
  beginning, or sometimes thought about homework
  during work. Later, I learned that multitasking
  is a waste of time. It was much more effective to
  do one thing at a time. 

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5. Reward yourself 

• After days of working hard, you need to reward
  yourself. Find real relaxing time (no more
  study or work). For me, I loved to trek, swim or
  just sit in a lovely café on weekends. During the
  tiring day I often bought myself a favourite
  drink such as a soy flatwhite. It really made my
  day and lifted my spirits. 

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References

• https//www.studyinnewzealand.govt.nz/blog/5-tips-
  how-balance-part-time-job-while-studying/
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