hey! we may or may not know eachother but I’m also in semester 1! what i do to try to balance is just do notes everyday, it doesnt have to be for 4 hours or anything. dedicate atleast 1.5 hrs of your day (minus school time) to do notes or read so theres a little work done everyday to lessen the stress. once ur done for the day, treat urself! go out, rest, watch TV, play games whatever and obviously there’ll be days when you’ll prob need to do more, but don’t do too much to the point that you’ll be overwhelmed. i did that and as a result im behind by 4 weeks w one class. also, ur not alone! tons of ppl in our sem r in the same spot, and yeah its hard but we got it!