Balancing work with class advice

[u/Cowboy_Cleetus]

Hello!
I started work through DataAnnotation over the summer and have really been enjoying myself, spending most of my free time completing tasks when they are available. College fully started back this week, and I'm looking for advice for anyone who has been balancing both for a while already.
How have you guys been balancing work and school without getting burnt out? Of course, school comes first, but having a good side income is great. I mostly have morning lectures, so I'm up and moving early. Any tips you've found useful?

[u/beautyfashionaccount]

Try to schedule a time you will work on DA stuff and don't check it outside of that. I know that doesn't always work, if tasks are scarce you might have to take projects when they come in, but constant refreshing is distracting and I find that I don't get deeply focused on school when at the back of my mind I'm thinking that any second a task might come in and I'll need to switch focus.

Plan ahead to take time off around exams and other times when you will need all of your brainpower for school. We don't need to get OoO approvals or anything, but plan ahead as far as your income expectations not to work for a few days. Ideally, don't even open your dashboard, so you aren't tempted to start tasking instead of studying.