<p>Allow me to quote from Barron’s AP Psychology:
The question is really: Do you care more about enjoying the future or enjoying the present?
In my opinion, you should balance both. Go to parties, but not all of them. Make sure you finish your studying, but don’t freak out over the plethora of tests that we get bombarded by.
Until this year, I would hang out with friends almost every weekend and attend parties very often. However, things changed this year, as we headed our separate ways for school. Being as engrossed as I’ve been with studying this year, I haven’t bothered to reestablish a “strong social life” this year. I still occasionally meet with friends, but much less often.
Essentially, you have to decide: party now, work later or work now, party later. The “later” may come sooner or later than you expect, but the “now” will still be now. </p>