Spend any amount of time in a high school or college classroom, and you’ll undoubtedly encounter the ideal student: a mythical being who perfectly balances studies, work, a social life, and adequate rest. Being the antithesis of that student, I nonetheless endeavored to strive for the impossible goal of attaining that impossible goal in college. This delirious attempt at perfection earned me straight A’s, stress, sleep deprivation, and an increase in seizures. While POTS and epilepsy didn’t make my educational goals any easier, I thought time management was the answer. It was a skill I finessed over months of…
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