Next week is the start of another semester of MBA night
classes. I learned a hard lesson last
year during my first semester. I loved
my Accounting class and enjoyed the challenge of the homework and as a true
nerd even loved taking the tests. My
huge mistake in Accounting landed me my first B in the MBA program (and
hopefully my last!!) I got cocky. I was speeding through the tests and the
homework with great success and I took this to an extreme with the final. The night of the final I had an obligation to
get home at a certain time (so my husband could go to work) and I let that take
priority over my final exam. I made
foolish mistakes – answers that I could have fixed if I had spent more time reading
through the test again.
Lesson Learned: What I should have done: hire a
babysitter to watch the kids. That would
have let me stay in class as LONG as I needed and let my husband get to work on
time. Less stress across the board – doesn’t that sound nice!
This MBA program has been really interesting to take
on. I have to balance the class with
work, kids, gym, friends and anything extra that gets thrown into the mix. I know that I don’t have the time to study
for 20+ hours a week. I am ok with that –
I am also ok with getting a B if I need to.
At the end of the day the grades for each individual class won’t make a
difference. The real goal for me is
completion of the full program. What
drives me nuts about the scenario above is that it was under my control and I could
have resolved it with a little planning ahead.
I won’t make that same mistake again.
With the semester starting next week – I am making myself a
couple promises:
·
Don’t get cocky
·
Take my time during class – to ask questions and
absorb anything I can. (The more I can
get done in the class, the less I need to tackle at home.)
·
Go to weekend study groups at Panera – and don’t
eat too many pastries!
How do you balance your time? What lessons have you learned this year?
*** in case you were wondering - my text books make a great lamp base ***
