just had a traineeship interview
"but sir, you can't be a full-time worker and a full-time student at the same time"
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ah yes, let me feed myself with love and vibes during my studies then
Discussion
I worked 36hrs a week while going to school. It was a busy time, prepared me for when I would have 2 jobs & kids.
did you just lie to different participants, so they would think you're fully commited to them?
I never worked in my field, so it was more along the lines of here is my availability book me in
During undergrad I got in trouble with the IRS and had to pay back a lot of money on top of tuition and living expenses. I worked at a sandwich shop during the day when I wasn't at classes and I had a night job at an emergency maintenance call center for the dorms. Between both jobs I was working full time 40-50 hours as a full time student. It's possible!
I did graduate, and I did pay off the IRS bill. But I also got mediocre grades and fired from a few of the jobs because I was only sleeping like 4 hours a night and sometimes fell asleep on the job.
In hindsight, it was kind of dumb. In spreading myself so thin I wasn't able to excel. I thought I was just not smart / bad at school and had to do a lot of internal work to come to the point of: it wasn't that I was bad at school, it's that my peers all had financially supportive families and I was dealing with a financial anchor around my neck.
Good luck, friend! It's possible but pay very close attention to sleeping and eating habits because if you're going to treat your body like a machine you have to fuel and rest like one too 🫂
I worked part time while going to school full time. Managed ok.