So, I’m a freshman in college about to enter my third and last quarter of the year. I started off being quite lazy the first few weeks, which led to a bad gpa the first quarter, but this quarter I feel like I’ve been putting in much more effort and am seeing results. My issue is though my personal life is suffering because of my mindset. Basically, whenever I’m overwhelmed with school work, I get angry at myself for not having lots of free time and enjoying the things I love (outside of my favorite classes), but when things are calm (as they are these next few days before things ramp up for final exams in 2 weeks) and I try to enjoy my free time, I am constantly anxious and thinking about how I “should be doing more productive things.”

I’ve been feeling this way for the past several months. Does anyone have any tips on breaking this cycle of self-induced pressure???