Workaholic?

I'm beginning to think I'm a workaholic looking at how things have gone by this year. Besides my masters' classes for 3 subjects and my part-time work as a research assistant, I'm also continuing my Japanese from where I left off in level 1 as well as constantly looking for free talks to attend. In short, I've been trying to put in effort on self-improvement and productivity which I have a lot to catch up with.

Now with my masters being night classes on 3 days only, I am spared a lot of free time to think about everything and anything with clear mind which would be a luxury in the hectic lifestyle of a degree student. I would say that I have a good control of my life this time around with a lot less distractions of, again, a degree student. The eagerness to be ahead of time really pushes me to do a lot of things ahead of schedule to the extent that I read up on the topic before the lecturer teaches the lesson or look for further academic errands to do during my free time. I mean, I've never really done that before this!

When it comes to my free time that I really have nothing to do to pass time, I end up asking myself whether I'm such a workaholic who has no hobbies other than football. The way some people see it, it's nerdy. But I'd never categorize myself as a nerd because I don't really get the best of results with the effort I put in. Not trying to say its unfair, but probably the limitation of my brain.

To me, I'd like to think the way my dad (or my dad's generation) thinks. At our age, they don't get the chances to do things that we youngsters get to do these days. Instead, they worked very hard to improve themselves academically and they really develop the never-say-die attitude in life considering the hardship they went through during their generation. Today, many people say they are just not good in studies and they are just not cut out to be a student like its too easy to say it. They are more interested in mixing around with friends and enjoy doing fun things. If you ask my dad what he thinks about these people, he'd definitely say its bullshit. (Can or cannot) and (want or don't want) is what differenciates people.

Of course I don't want to talk like an empty can, I do hope one day I can be very successful and then look back on those people who talked about the hard life they have without initiative and laugh.