At first I thought this post and the whole blog were an awesome idea. It seems to describe really well what I was never able to put into words. How exactly did

At first I thought this post and the whole blog were an awesome idea. It seems to describe really well what I was never able to put into words. How exactly did I get through school and my BSc/MSc with awesome grades while always having a feeling that everybody else is working so much harder and still incredibly intelligent? I thought this blog had the answer. But then I relaized that this will not work in every major / profession. My girlfriend is doing lots of things and somehow suffers under the heavy workload. But I can't give her this kind of advice because (at least here in Germany) it does not apply to someone who studies philosophy and politics and wants to get into the best positions as development worker. Why? because nobody cares about your marks. You basically get a degree for the sake of the degree itself and for living a students life while doing as much extracurricular activities as possible. Internships, important roles in local divisions of NGOs and so on are almost everything that counts for getting the job you want. Personally, I still think "Do fewer things; do them better; know why you're doing them" worked incredibly well for me and may help many other students, I is probably not for everyone and certainly not for every subject.