From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2007 - 02:22:59 ART
Sleep deprivation is torture.
Hmmm... does this mean I'm one of those people who
likes to torture themselves.
I think sleep is over-rated.
--- Scott Morris <smorris@ipexpert.com> wrote:
> You definitely do not have an easy time on your
> hands!
>
> The best thing I can tell you to do is to sit down
> and talk with your wife.
> She'll eventually get into a "nesting" phase and
> want to spell out in detail
> everything going on in your life (I can only compare
> this to like a personal
> ISO certification process!). Talk to her ahead
> about a plan for studying
> and give structure to it.
>
> The structure to studying may help you out a lot as
> well, but having the
> buy-in from your wife will help to reduce a certain
> set of stress anyway.
>
> From a budget standpoint, don't expect to pass the
> first time. But what I
> would do is to make sure you at least have one
> good/valid attempt before the
> baby comes along. If nothing else, you can validate
> things you do know and
> separate the fears from reality about what the lab
> is really like.
>
> Then revisit your structure and how your time works
> in with house, wife,
> baby, etc.
>
> Having kids will certainly rearrange your study
> time, but not necessarily
> kill it. But in the very beginning, you're going to
> have strange
> hours/interruptions by the little one wanting to
> eat. From a parenting
> skill standpoint, I can suggest that working that
> baby into a schedule as
> best as you can from the very beginning will
> actually make your life much
> easier! My little ones (almost 3 and 2 now) were
> sleeping through the night
> by 8-9 weeks old. (Sleep deprivation is used by
> some cultures as a form of
> torture you know!)
>
> But anyway, still through all of this, managing your
> expectations of study
> time versus family time is important as well as
> managing your wife's
> expectations is equally important. While nobody has
> done any official study
> about the number of people who got a divorce/breakup
> prior to earning their
> numbers, it certainly is a contributing factor!
>
> Best of luck on all fronts there!
>
>
> Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service
> Provider) #4713, JNCIE
> #153, CISSP, et al.
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> http://www.ipexpert.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> James Russell
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 3:27 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: OT: Feeling overwhelmed
>
> This is sort of OT, but I was wondering what
> everyone does when they feel
> overwhelmed with studying for the lab. I just
> passed the written on Feb
> 3rd, and have been studying 30+ hours a week ever
> since. I'm learning a ton
> along the way, but sometimes I feel like I have no
> prayer of learning enough
> to pass. I am scheduled to take the lab on July
> 6th, but I may not take it
> then.
>
> How do you deal with the stress of studying, work,
> family, etc? My wife is
> pregnant with our first child, we are in the process
> of buying a house, and
> I'm trying to pass this lab. I guess I just wonder
> sometimes if it is worth
> it or if I should wait a year before attempting it.
> Thanks for letting a
> newbie vent.
>
>
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