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Do ALL the things?
This update to my livejournal serves two purposes in my mind. The first is to let anyone actually reading the things that I post that I am still around, and the second is to try and put my life in a bit more order by looking at all I have to get done.
First things first, I started uni a few weeks ago, and my god is this term going to be difficult! I have to do eight modules over the year, and six of those are in my first term. Next term is practically empty. This is too full. I know others who ended up with a similar timetable swapped to do other modules, but I don't want to do that, I want to do these, so I'm going to plough my way through things. But it's rediculous - I've made a list of everything I have to get done over this next week - 22 essential readings! 22! That's like, 60 hours of reading. That doesn't include lectures I have to go to, things I have to write, or any readings I may WANT to do, these are ones I HAVE to do.
In all fairness, I think I can do it. I did it last week by settling into work and just ploughing through it, and I wasn't staying up madly late like I did sometimes last year in order to get them done. But it means that my mind is constantly focussed on uni readings, to the detriment of everything else.
I have other things I want and need to do! Things that don't relate to uni, but it is vital I have a life, which is something I seem to be neglecting recently.
I have fics to write, for one thing. Three with deadlines, and a number of others without. The deadlines aren't for at least a month yet, but they're all fairly close together so I really need to get a move on - one's due November 18th, the other two December 1st. I think I should try to get one written over the next week or so, but it's finding the time to write, or bringing myself to do it. Part of me feels like I can only write if I've got a fairly long stretch of free time to devote to it, but with the way life's going at the moment, I don't have any free time; there's always something I could be doing, be it uni work, tidying, cleaning (there's a never ending stream of dishes in this flat), other stuff I've put off.... I need to just spent 30 mins here and there on it, but that's not the way I've worked in the past so it's hard to start.
I've also been neglecting HOL, after determining that I wouldn't do that this year. I've asked for extensions for 3 of my classes for September, and I'm behind in publishing the Herald. I also haven't been on any chat programs (irc or chatzy) in weeks, and I miss having the time to talk to people!
And read. READ. Seriously, this was one thing I though I was doing well this year, but the last book I read took me 3 weeks and now I'm worried that I won't be able to complete my goal of 60 books this year - I have 8 left. It's just finding the time.
I have no time.
Or at least, I have time, and too much to do!
Hopefully things will settle down soon enough or I'll get better at my routine.
First things first, I started uni a few weeks ago, and my god is this term going to be difficult! I have to do eight modules over the year, and six of those are in my first term. Next term is practically empty. This is too full. I know others who ended up with a similar timetable swapped to do other modules, but I don't want to do that, I want to do these, so I'm going to plough my way through things. But it's rediculous - I've made a list of everything I have to get done over this next week - 22 essential readings! 22! That's like, 60 hours of reading. That doesn't include lectures I have to go to, things I have to write, or any readings I may WANT to do, these are ones I HAVE to do.
In all fairness, I think I can do it. I did it last week by settling into work and just ploughing through it, and I wasn't staying up madly late like I did sometimes last year in order to get them done. But it means that my mind is constantly focussed on uni readings, to the detriment of everything else.
I have other things I want and need to do! Things that don't relate to uni, but it is vital I have a life, which is something I seem to be neglecting recently.
I have fics to write, for one thing. Three with deadlines, and a number of others without. The deadlines aren't for at least a month yet, but they're all fairly close together so I really need to get a move on - one's due November 18th, the other two December 1st. I think I should try to get one written over the next week or so, but it's finding the time to write, or bringing myself to do it. Part of me feels like I can only write if I've got a fairly long stretch of free time to devote to it, but with the way life's going at the moment, I don't have any free time; there's always something I could be doing, be it uni work, tidying, cleaning (there's a never ending stream of dishes in this flat), other stuff I've put off.... I need to just spent 30 mins here and there on it, but that's not the way I've worked in the past so it's hard to start.
I've also been neglecting HOL, after determining that I wouldn't do that this year. I've asked for extensions for 3 of my classes for September, and I'm behind in publishing the Herald. I also haven't been on any chat programs (irc or chatzy) in weeks, and I miss having the time to talk to people!
And read. READ. Seriously, this was one thing I though I was doing well this year, but the last book I read took me 3 weeks and now I'm worried that I won't be able to complete my goal of 60 books this year - I have 8 left. It's just finding the time.
I have no time.
Or at least, I have time, and too much to do!
Hopefully things will settle down soon enough or I'll get better at my routine.