Hey everyone, my first post, and I'm supposed to be writing my speech for communications class

.Anyway I was wondering if some of you out there that have gone through
college and the whole works could give me some insight into what was worth doing/not worth doing, what worked/didn't work, anything that you did or didn't do that might be helpful to someone going through it now. I've just spent the day doing homework and writing all day, while the past two days where nothing short of 13 hour days (between work and school) and I'm in that "I give up" mood. Just want to hear what some of you have gone through, either work+school, work without school, school without work, military and school, and anything like that. Trials and tribulations of how what you did payed off or screwed you over. I'm 20, working 20-30 hours a week in retail, attending
college full time, have a girlfriend and hoping someone will shed some light on how life
can turn out. Thanks everyone, and thanks for these forums, interesting and informative!