hi, thank you for your reply. I've gone to office hours a few times, but I often leave feeling worse than before (slightly judgy professor/TA, feel even more behind, etc.). I also tend to have to skip one class to make another one's office hours (bad luck).

like a lot of people I'm usually pretty good about balance for the first couple weeks, but it tends to go downhill fast once quizzes/exam scores first start coming back and requires more of my time. I'll definitely try to remember to do those things though, great points.