Avalanche

I can't believe I haven't posted in almost a week! I've been absolutely swamped. A coworker told me that graduate school was the biggest expender of time and to make of it what I can. I'm only into the second week and I already feed overwhelmed. This is when my non-existant time management skills should really come into play. My problem is, is that when I have too much on my plate, I go beserk. My inner multi-tasker goes on overdrive and is trying to do everything all at once, and everything ends up getting done at a slower pace with a poor end result. I really want to be able to approach my graduate studies differently. The richer and fuller academic experience is what I'm striving for, but my main problem is find the time to have that experience. I hope I can manage work, study and life in an organized and efficient way while maintaining my sanity. Any idea of how I'm supposed to do that because I haven't got a clue?