One of my insecurities has always been my severe lack of hobbies. One of my least favorite questions is, "What do you do for fun?" Well, it's finally paying off. My non-existent outside-interests are going to make staying at lab all my waking hours a cinch. Why should I come home? All I'm going to do is browse the internet for hours and go to
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The synthesis class is, I agree, a very tough class. It is difficult enough to see all of these reactions in the course handout and have the professor only cover a small fraction of them (even though these reactions are representative of most of the others in the course handout). The mechanisms are indeed important to remember (if not for this class, at least for the next organic chemistry class) - the ironic part is that the professor doesn't even test on the mechanisms!
Good luck with your classes, and I hope all is going well otherwise :-)
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good luck with paying attention and finding hobbies
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I hope you can visit me in March on your prospective visit!
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2. Chemistry in itself is a hobby. Perhaps the academic part is not so fulfilling but the labby goodness is what keeps you going.
3. You should invest in a tivo or a replay, or a dvr-device. You have the money, and I say that you will benefit greatly from its use, especially when you are not in Lab or in class ;)
4. second the flash cards idea, or even just copying things down ad nauseum and then finally making acronyms like PATFO.
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I hope this lab goodness can keep me going. It's going to be a long 5 years otherwise.
I think I might opt for the laptop. It'll be a much more practical procrastination device, since I can bring it into lab with me and pretend to work on it.
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I think my lab is going to have a super bowl party.
I would get TiVo just for the Olympics, but then I'd have to keep it for a few months so I'd have enough time to watch everything.
Are bonsai trees (similar to) succulents? I suppose the paper mache hobby would be calming. I always figured it would rear its head during lulls in my life, but maybe it would be good amidst the stress.
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