My life is a scheduled mess. Some days I have school, practice, and then work until nine or ten. On top of that, I have school work that forces me to stay up even later. Really, it stresses me out, and causes a few pimples. If you have experienced this, let me be the first to tell you: welcome to high school. It may be a little late, but you might as well hear it. Your life is one hectic mess after another. The best part, no one will give you a break. People expect you to be able to multitask while the brain can really only focus on one task at a time. I wish I could tell you to suck it up and grow up. But then what kind of writer would I be? I’d be the one who gave you all the simple and false solutions. This solution is not, in fact, to “suck it up.” In actuality, the solution is time, which no one seems to have. This is high school; it is the “time of your life,” not “let’s get a lot of homework, join too many clubs, and have no time to be a kid.” High school is supposed to let you chill back and live just a little before you get serious. Personally, I made the mistake. As I now have no time to even hang out with my friends or have a sit-down dinner with my family, I realize how serious being a kid is. I got serious the first minute I stepped into high school. I should have just laid back with my boyfriend and let time swallow us. Instead, I got serious about everything. I lost my boyfriend, my friends, and many other things. Yes, those people are replaceable, to an extent. Now I see why most freshmen are the way they are: childish. No offense, freshmen. That is something I wish to become again. I want to let everything go and just have some time for myself. That’s my solution to your hectic life. Stop and give yourself time. Oh, and freshmen, don’t try to grow up too fast. Time isn’t a friend; it’s an enemy.