Time constraint and priorities

Pre-university life essentially feels as if it were scripted – all relevant responsibilities line up near-perfectly and linearly. You can focus one thing and one thing only – studying. There might be different subjects, exams and assignments, however, they tend to exists as complements. They do not clash, and if they do, it is typically intended or simply insubstantial. I suppose, the key thing to take from this is that they exist within a singular system. Occasionally, these various systems collide; sending out university applications for instance. Until recently, these anomalies were at best negligible and at worst manageable, yet now they are a force to be reckoned with. Since October of last year, I have been sending our industrial placement applications. Initially, the process was so smooth I even go to the final selection stage on my first application. Taking this into account, at a such a pace, I expected to finalize the process within a month or two. I could not have been more wrong. With each consecutive application, other work started to pile up, but then by reducing this accumulated workload, the quality of the applications diminished. I eventually realized that it is impossible to maintain a universally high standard on everything. The biggest dilemma I faced was right before the exam period. I had to decide whether to fully dedicate my time to exam revision or apply to my preferred employer of choice. Under normal circumstances, I would have likely managed to do both up to the desired standard. However, given the complexity, only one was realistically feasible. Ultimately, I decided to fully focus on exams, but quite frankly, I am disheartened to not be able to apply to my preferred industrial placement. This made me realize an important thing in life. Time is a precious commodity, and sometimes no matter how much we want to do something, it simply might not be achievable.