Balancing School and Work

Although it is rather easy to keep up with lawns during the summer, when you are mowing lawns or raking leaves while school and other activities are going on, it can become kind of tough. However, I have some tips for making sure you can handle both with ease.

Stay organized

Staying organized is a very important one. Make sure to schedule all your jobs in advance, and check the job times against school and other activities you have going on. Write this stuff down. Don't schedule something you won't have time for, but also keep in mind that your client depends on you.

School is more important

Let's face it-- most of us won't be making a steady income on lawn care. If that is what you end up doing, then good for you. However, your future job is more important than the $20 a pop you receive for mowing someone's yard. So, school will always come first.

Get a backup

There will be some times when you just won't be able to take care of someone's lawn. Find a trusted friend who you know will do a good job, and ask this friend if you can call him or her if you need them to mow a lawn every once and a while, when you don't have time. For example, what if you go on a two or three week vacation? A friend can be extremely helpful.

Make sacrifices

When you have school on one hand, and lawn care jobs on the other, something's got to give. Because you are doing both, you won't have as much personal time to do things like read, play video games, or hang out with friends. So, you will have to make sacrifices in order to balance school and work. Live with it.

Make some time for yourself

Life isn't only school and work. You need some time for yourself, your family, and your friends. Make sure to schedule some downtime so you can relax.

Most of all...

HAVE FUN!!! Wow that was corny. But it's sort of true. You should try it sometime. It's pretty cool. Ahem. So. In order to balance school and work, you must stay organized and get a backup, keep the more important things a priority, make sacrifices, and create for yourself some downtime.

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