Is it all a waste?

Junior year has been THE hardest years of my academic career. With college classes, high school classes, High School baseball, summer baseball, indoor track and multiple organizations and clubs, the biggest thing I have learned this year is to mange my time. Even with all of these activities I slip and find myself behind on various things. Not to mention I don’t even have a job and with college coming up, I am depending on scholarships.

The past month I have been trying to figure out my college plans; where I want to go, what I want to major in, how much I can afford, etc. I discussed it over and over again with my parents, counselors and teachers and I keep finding myself fighting back and forth with Pre Med, Pre Dental and Athletic Training. Balancing everything and trying to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life has been the most stressful experience yet. But this isn’t the only thing I am stressed about. The question of whether or not to play college baseball is the most stressful.

The past five years I have practiced and prepared myself to take my career to the next level. I know I have the abilities the and skills to play at the next level, but I don’t know I can manage everything. I’m set more on the Pre Med and Pre Dental route and I have talked to various people on the same route. These people do not play college athletics and the are still having trouble managing their time with all of their college work. I wish to go away for college to either Tennessee or Florida. If I move down south to attend college, I will have to get a job as well, to add on to it. And the more and more I think about it the same question comes to my mind; Can I manage playing college baseball and my major at the same time?

I sit everyday in study hall wondering about college and what all I can accomplish. Academics are the most important thing to me and if I can’t keep my grades and education up while playing a collegiate sport, I don’t know what to choose; baseball or my academics. Managing time for baseball, education, a job, a social life and tons of other things will be my biggest struggle as I attend college. But before I go off for college, I need to answer the question, “Am I up to manage all of this at once?”.