coping with change

My life in the past year has changed financially and academically. In high school I would work for something to do more than anything. I did not have any real expenses. Most of what I made I spent on my hobbies or on things I now look at as junk that I will never even use. My academic life was an unorganized as my spending. I would do my homework right before class if I did it at all. Sometimes I felt like I was coasting through life with no end in sight. Since I ad to pay for my classes and books I had to start working a lot more. Some concrete work was perfect. I would get about twelve hours a day three days a week. At first I was not sure if working there would leave me with enough time to get my schoolwork done. My parents did not like the new job at first because I might decide working was more important than school. The labors work confirmed to me however I did not want to work this hard forever. I need a degree. So that I can have other people do the labor while I sit inside out of the elements making the real money. For now though I need to study hard and get my accounting degree. I have now set aside time after school until six for homework. The new arrangement is nice because I have an organized work week and I know I am getting my moneys worth.