From: keith tokash (ktokash@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2008 - 12:23:29 ARST
Thanks all, it sounds like this is pretty common. I'll be taking this week
off after this morning (to finish those last two damnable tasks). I find that
if I waste enough time I feel strong guilt pangs, and that's a motivating
factor. For years now, if I slack off for a few weeks in a row I actually
have a recurring nightmare of walking into a math test I haven't studied for.
For what it's worth, I used to do the same thing physically (train so hard
that the next week your body is exhausted and you get your butt kicked by
everyone, which is particularly demoralizing as you're working harder and
losing more), so I think a week or so off is the key.
With a few exceptions, secrecy is deeply incompatible with democracy and with
science.
--Carl Sagan
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:56:44 +0200
> From: jack.flash@inbox.com
> To: ktokash@hotmail.com
> CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Study schedule
>
> my first step of the schedule was to resign from my job. this gives me
> lots of time to study and i'm not suffering any burnout whatsoever (in
> fact, sitting here in the sunshine, I wonder if i have too little
> stress) not for everyone i guess, and the jury is still out on whether
> it's a good idea.
> > Dear Abby,
> >
> > I hate to say this, but I'm really burning out here and would like to
compare
> > notes a little. I wake up at 5.30am each weekday, but I'm a slow riser so
I
> > may not quite make it out of bed right away. Average time to start lab
work =
> > 7am. I go until 9-9.15am, then head to work. I get home about 6-7pm (3
mile
> > commute) and get about 1.5 hours of lab time in. On weekends I almost
never
> > go anywhere, just alternate between lab work and taking Netflix + food
> > breaks.
> >
> > I've been doing this for about 3 months now, with another 6 months of
various
> > other schedules before that, and I'm starting to have more and more
trouble
> > focusing, and I'm losing my patience more as well. Of course I'm
becoming
> > more and more fun for my wife to deal with on the side.
> >
> > Does anyone have any type of advice or schedule that worked for them? I
don't
> > suppose it helps that I'm normally really busy at work too, so I can't
study
> > there, or take time to play video games like some sysadmin types seem to
have
> > time for. At this point I'm really having trouble just finishing the last
two
> > tasks in my current lab on account of wanting to take a nosedive off my
> > balcony. I'm thinking a week off might do wonders, as I have a bootcamp
> > scheduled for March 17th, but I hate to lose the time (May 20th lab
date).
> >
> > With a few exceptions, secrecy is deeply incompatible with democracy and
with
> > science.
> > --Carl Sagan
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