Going to college at any age requires significant adjustment.
Perspective is a natural function of juggling conflicting responsibilities.
You recognize that in order to cope you must vary the weights you give to each responsibility at any given time. Control is the ability to do this. If your young son is having trouble at school, you may need to sit out a semester of your own to help him. If your company just cut your department's staff in half, you may need to put school on hold to handle the extra workload. Control often seems elusive, especially when you' re swamped by tasks that all need doing now.