Time Management

I am slowly pushing myself to manage my time better, although in the past week or so, I have not done so great, maybe it is cause I am so WORN out, I mean I WAS sick the past two days, which is not so great... haha.
In fact, I will use these past few weeks as my examples of my poor time management. I seem to have been finding "better" things to do instead of my homework, which should come before play, or that is what I was taught way back in elementary school. I have decided to go shopping, watch T.V., or just lounge around and sleep my life away instead of doing that homework, and as it builds up I just get more and more unmotivated, which causes me to not do it at all, and well, in college, you should not slack because it is So hard to catch back up.
When the semester first started, well, a few days before, I worked out my school/work/family schedule so that I could make time for it all without interruptions. I set aside Friday afternoons/nights for homework, Saturdays and Sundays for family and whatever else happens to be going on and the weekdays to go to my classes and work. It worked for me. I felt less stressed out and felt like I was ahead of myself because I could just relax on my weekends. Well, I just got unmotivated. However, I knew that i needed to stay caught up so I set my mind to getting ALL my homework caught up and done, so now that it is done, I can relax, till Friday... then it all starts again.
In high school, I really did not have to manage my time because we had seminar, where I could study and do all my homework. However in college, you have to do your homework on your own time, meaning you have to be hard-headed enough to push yourself to do the right thing and that is managing your time!
Remember: Homework before play, you will be less stressed and obtain better grades!!! I know from experience!!

Community Service

The 3 issues in America that cross my mind most would be the War in Iraq, the cost of going to college, and the Presidential election coming up in November.
My top issue of those three would be the war in Iraq. Not only am I against the war and have always been against it, but I had to experience sending BOTH of my brothers to Iraq in the past year. My brothers and I are extremely close. They are my heroes. I was heart-broken when I had to see them off and all I could think was this could be the last time I see these men in person for the rest of my life. When my youngest brother came home in September for his leave, which was the time my oldest brother was sent to Iraq, he told my mom and I that he has been extremely close to the lines of fire, that scared me to death, and I was trying to prepare to see another brother off, with my youngest brother telling us that it made it even MORE difficult.
I don't think there is really anything we can do to get the soldiers home faster, but I do believe, since they are putting their lives on the line on a daily basis to protect us at home we should organize a welcome home "party" for each of our soldiers. We need to show our thanks weather we are against the war or not, a lot of those soldiers are against it as well, but fighting for us is their job. We could also establish a group to send care packages and cards to the troops. I know my brothers LOVE to receive things in the mail from "back home" because it gives them a sense that people really are thinking and worrying about them.