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I'm lucky enough to be in college on scholarship. My merit scholarships pay for everything; tuition, books, food. My job is an "additional spending money and a way to spend extra time" job and it is extremely flexible. I work from home on my own computer when I want to.. in my case, this involves working primarily over weekends and holidays because that way I get a good chunk of work done without interfering with classes.
I have worked other jobs here in school, with schedules and workloads I didn't like. I was once working 30 hours a week at a bar, then driving 45 minutes one-way to clean stalls at a barn (10 stalls, 3 times a week, so it took me a while) so I could keep my horse there for free. (This is in addition to 20 credit hours of work at school.) In the month and a half I kept him there, I only had the extra time to ride my horse ONCE. I ended up getting pneumonia and my parents pushed me to let both commitments go. I know that my scholarships allow me to not work, but I enjoy the experiences and I actually manage my time a lot better when I'm under pressure.
I'm lucky I have my parents and my scholarships to support me if I absolutely cannot work when in school, and thus I get to make choices about when and where I do work. When there's a deadline, though, I have to stick to it, whether it means working through Christmas day or not going out on the weekend or not.
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"Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark."
— Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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