I’m doing school and about to start working full-time. I really want it to work.
I’m just concerned about the stress. I am delusional most of the time already. It could get worse from doing both. The last time I was really out of the house for an extended period of time was to go to the movie theater. I had to leave early because I got paranoid. It’s making me think about quitting already. I can already feel stress from school.
The problem is I don’t know how to approach it with family. I’ve already told them about it. They’re all encouraging me.
I have two options: try it or quit. My thought on trying it is what do I have to lose. The thought on quit is why unnecessarily get worse.
I had this battle back in 2010, and I pushed myself and did it. Was worth the effort in the end, but it did cause a serious breakdown that led to a hospitalisation after I finished University.
You need to push yourself if you do it, but there may be some consequences to loading yourself up with a job and study.
That said I do not regret doing it one bit, and I proved that a high school drop out can actually succeed at education when I was ready, and not the crap school did to me personally.
You already know the answer is to not take on too much stress. Even I wouldn’t consider doing full time school with full time work. I would advise you to only do school or work. Even then, judging from what you write, you went to the movie theater for 2 hours and you are paranoid, how can you expect to work full time, which requires being outside for 8 hours?
personally im not responsible enough to work and go to school at the same time. i can do one or the other but never both at the same time, although i tried when i was in my 20’s and failed school, couldnt keep up with the homework and reading, although i was a model employee. working was easier for me. just wake up, go to work, come home and watch a ballgame at night. repeat day after day.
Good for you on looking after yourself. If full time work sounds difficult perhaps you could go to school and find a very part time volunteer job in your field of interest providing you can count on family support for the time being.
Maybe online classes would be a good option. You get to pick when you want to study in the comfort of your own home. It’s a little less pressure than going on campus and sitting in a crowded classroom.
I am three classes away from my degree. I enrolled in college and took two classes at a time. About half the time I took one academic class and the other class was an elective. Meaning I took stuff like weight training or volleyball or I once took a Beatles course! I was in a board & care from 1990-95 and attended college for most of that time. Being on campus was kind of neat, they had a nice cafeteria and inbetween classes I would order a sandwich or stew or something and find a table and eat by myself. I was fine with that and other people were doing it too. But now at age 59 I don’t feel like facing the hustle and bustle of a college campus, it’s a nice environment, but I fit in better as a thirty year old than I would at this age. So my last three classes will be online.
