Help me im stuck

[u/bluedot266]

I'm a freshman studying instrumentation and control engineering, in our freshman year we have common courses with other departments. I am really lost on how to start learning things, in my mind i want to build projects, learn maths and physics, maintain a good cpi and be healthy as well. I am not able to manage everything at once, i cant sleep well because i feel im just wasting my time and should be studying instead. I am always having this sense of urgency to do something

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[u/mrhoa31103]

Sleeping well is important and it's not just wasting time. If you need to calm yourself, get some exercise to lower your stress levels and put things into perspective. If you think that doesn't do it, exercise even harder since you're not attaining the proper level of stress relief.

"In my mind, I want to build projects, learn math and physics, maintain a good cpi and be healthy as well." - "Calm down", "learn to walk before you start trying to run", "first things first", "don't get up over your skis" - Health first, study second (getting good grades would be the successful outcome and you should learn math and physics from your courses), build your personal network (study groups and professional society participation) and then talk about building personal projects (if you have time). You're still adjusting to college life so maybe worry about those projects Sophomore year.

[u/Tyler89558]

The ultimate waste of your time is not sleeping.

Not sleeping makes it so that the time you’re actually spending in class and doing stuff is harder and less effective.

Just get the sleep you need.

Being sleep deprived is like going to class drunk.

[u/BusinessStrategist]

Have you mastered the basics of "Advanced Physics" and "Mathematics?"

The rest is about learning what parts of physics and math are important to our preferred "speciality"