Three essays, one week, and a part-time job. Pray for me. 🙏📝💼

[UlaCopp]

Current situation:

• History essay: due Friday, 0 words written
• English essay: due Thursday, 200 words written (and they're bad)
• Sociology essay: due Monday (next Monday, but still)
• My bank account: $47 until payday
• My brain cells: approximately 2, both fighting over who gets the last coffee

I work 25 hours a week at a coffee shop. By the time I get home, my feet hurt, I smell like espresso, and the last thing I want to do is stare at a screen and write about things I barely remember learning.

I've tried the "wake up early" thing. Waking up early just means I'm tired earlier. I've tried the "write in small chunks" thing. Small chunks add up to small essays.

This week, I'm surviving on spite and caffeine. Spite for the system that makes us do this. Caffeine because it's literally my employee discount.

The worst part is knowing that even if I pull it off, even if I get decent grades, there's another week right after this one with more deadlines. It never ends. It just... keeps going.

Any other working students in the trenches right now? How do you survive weeks like this? Send help. Or coffee. I have coffee. Send help.