School starts back up again on Monday.
I have a mere four days left of free afternoons and weekends and I plan to take advantage, because now I know firsthand how much I’ll miss them when they’re gone.
First semester…
…I thought that three hours between work and class would be plenty of time to go for a run.
…I expected to be able to still see my friends most weekends, and get all my school work done.
…I figured that six hours of class a week really wasn’t all that much.
…I knew that I’d have to closely manage my schedule, but anticipated that the time adjustments would be doable.
…I was afraid that I would be far too timid to strike up conversations and make new friends.
Now I know…
…that doing anything other than reading/preparing for class during those three hours will make me feel as though I’m rushing, and potentially stress me out.
…that it’s difficult to see everyone that I want to as much as I want to and that sometimes I need to be selfish with my time. But I also know that even when friends get frustrated with my MIA-ness, it’s only because they miss me.
…that the time spent in class is nothing compared to the amount of time I should be spending on the work outside of the scheduled hours.
…that I have still have things to learn regarding time management – a skill I hope to perfect improve on this semester.
…that I really am becoming more outgoing and that I now have several friends who I’ll be in touch with long after this program is over.
Just more proof that lessons aren’t limited to the classroom.
But do you still get to swoon over Prof. Jason Statham in class this semester?
My brother always said (referring to college) “You should treat it like a full time job: Subtract the hours you spend in class from 40 and what you have left is the time you should spend studying and preparing each week.” Of course, this was said by the man who claims to have invented transcendental drunkenness – drinking so much he became sober.
No Jason Statham. Sad.
But I do like your brother’s theory – actually, I like both of them. I’m thinking transcendental drunkenness would catch on quickly.
So true! I start grad school again in two weeks. They say the first semester is the hardest, I really hope that’s true. I was not prepared for the amount of reading required. I wish I had read this list last Sept.!
Ha – I wish I’d known this list last September! I know exactly what you mean – I only thought I was prepared.
one of the reasons i’ve never gone to grad school is because i don’t have the discipline to study an appropriate amount any more. i used it all up in college. all gone.
Eh…what does appropriate mean anyway?
As long as you like the people in those 6 hours of classes, you can survive this! Go, social Epod, GO.
And also as long as you make at least a little bit of extra time at the end of March….
That weekend is already carved out! Though, I just found out I’ll have a paper due the following week. Guess I’d better get on it now…
I’ll say it again, I’m so glad I already went to grad school because now? No.Patience.For.Studying. At all. Ever. Again.
I hope the second semester is a breeze!