Most of all, I try to keep my priorities, and high on that list is friends. If I don't have the time, I make it as best as I can. I know and accept the consequences for not doing something. I'm not alone. Some try to do what they can, when they can, but it is key that you know what you are getting yourself into because you have to take these commitments into account when you make your priorities.
Procrastination only makes the hole deeper.
We asked other students about their activities' involvement and what they do to help balance their schoolwork, job, extracurricular activities, friends, church and other commitments. Overall, most of them are very active throughout their school and they find that organizers work the best. I have a calendar. I do things cause I want to be in them. I make time for friends, and I make friends in the groups I'm in.