We often lie to ourselves and say that we have no control over our day and our schedules. We tend to blame our inability to do things on our "lack of time" and/or the "lack of control" over how we spend our time, as though we are stuck with having to do other things that are set for us. 

No matter how you look at it, you chose it. Yes, you can't necessarily chose what hours you work, your boss has most control over that, but at the end of the day, you chose that boss, you chose that job. The boss didn't force you into the job. You chose it yourself. You aren't going to university 5 days a week because you have to, its because you chose to go to university to begin with, you chose those amount of subjects, and you chose which subjects you are doing, knowing the class distribution throughout the week. Living in a society like Australia, you have so many options. If you don't have a job, it's highly likely the government will help you financially. If you are struggling to manage your time with university and the work load, you have the option to do anywhere from 1-5 courses a semester. You have plenty of resources available to you. Not only that, you have the choice of acquiring units through the summer. You have the choice to do it externally or internally. At the end of the day, you choose how you spend your day and how you spend your life.

It's not that you "don't have time" to spend with your loved ones, it's just that it's not important enough for you to prioritise that over everything else. If it meant enough for you, it'd be the first thing you make time for. Don't lie to those you care about and say that you just don't have time for them, when you had the time to go out, play games or watch tv etc. Don't say you didn't have time to study, when you consciously chose to sleep in or procrastinate. You have much more control of what you do than you think, it's just that is much easier for us to play the victim and blame something else, rather than having the responsibility of putting in the effort and attention to prioritise and manage our time. It's much easier to blame the failures we have to something we cannot control, rather than accepting that they are due to our own decisions. 

As we begin to enter our "adult" life, our time is no longer controlled by the government (school) or our parents. We have the freedom of choosing what we do with our lives and how we spend our time. Can you truthfully tell yourself that you are doing the best with your time? Can you truthfully tell yourself that you're giving your time to things that matter?