“Most of the time, I try to schedule my classes to three days a week, if it is possible. But since only a few of my core courses are held on Fridays, I then have to attend classes four days a week instead. I usually schedule the time slots to be either morning sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays, and afternoon sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays or vice versa. This way, I can have short and long working hours in my office. I deal with all school assignments or reviewing for exams only on weeknights. Sometimes a class is cancelled, resulting in a make-up class that upsets my schedule but I do my best to adjust. With my schedule during the week and Saturdays full, I make sure to take a full day off during Sundays.”

Lastly, here’s her advice to students who dream of putting up their own business either in the near future or even while they are still studying.

“Sometimes we do not need to start a business that is as big as the others. I don’t think that the only measure of success in business is going global.  There are so many ways to start a business  but the basic one is to fulfill a need in the market,” she said.

Lawitra added, “Starting a business can be done by actually doing it in real life and not on paper.  The only goal shouldn’t be to simply profit from it. In the end, what matters is how we think of the way we want our business to be.”

And as Lawitra has demonstrated by successfully starting and managing a business while taking up a second bachelor’s degree, we can’t help but agree with her.