Unfortunately, you can't find time. Nor can you make, buy, or save it. Time cannot be managed, manipulated, or controlled to meet our needs because we're limited to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.

With that said, your life should fit into "time's" schedule. First, start by asking yourself a couple of very important questions: what is important to you; and, what are your goals? If the activities that you identified are all priorities, then it's time to take out your planner and figure out how, when, and for how long to hang with friends, see your family, squeeze in your boyfriend, and study in ways that match your goals. You may decide to talk with your friends less this week so that you can adequately prep for your upcoming exam. Then, next week, when the work load lessens, you can catch up with folks. You might also choose to let go of some friends, see less of your family, or, dare Alice say, cut back on studying. Combining stuff might work, too: study with your boyfriend; get groups of friends together; etc.

The great thing about this "life-management" plan is that it puts YOU in charge -- not "Mother/Father Time." This strategy might sound too structured, but organizing one's life, and being disciplined about following a self-imposed plan, is sometimes the best way to get things done -- whatever you want those things to be.

Alice's archived question, Procrastination, has some self-management strategies you might find helpful.

Alice

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