Comments | sisyphusiren: Stress: discuss.

sisyphusiren

Stress: discuss.

Mar 30, 2009 21:38

I spend most of my time either at school, doing homework or working - mostly homework. Or grocery shopping, cooking, eating, cleaning, pet care....If I go out, it's usually at the expense of time I should spend sleeping. My primary socializing and leisure activity is talking to people I know in real life on social networking sites ( Read more... )

stress, school

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itsnotpierre March 31 2009, 10:50:16 UTC

drugs and booze got me through it. while it may not be the healthiest of options, it made the stress go away for that brief amount of time. i worked almost fulltime and went to class 5 days a week. it sucks and i still have nightmares about trying to finish a paper by the deadline or not being able to find my classroom on the day of a test. you'll get through it and look back and realize it wasn't all that bad.

itsnotpierre March 31 2009, 12:11:25 UTC

btw, what's your major? and what are the classes that require so much homework?

sisyphusiren March 31 2009, 16:04:08 UTC

I'm a history major. Now that I'm upper level and taking mostly all history classes, ALL the work is writing.

I'm thinking of turning to booze to make myself more garrulous even though I'm not a huge fan of drinking anymore, and when I can afford it I self-medicate for stress. I've got about 30 pages to write for the various papers over the next five weeks in addition to all the reading and research that goes into that, I don't really know where all the time to get it done is gonna happen.

How the fuck did you manage your time with all that work and school? I work two days a week and I feel like I'll never get anything done.

itsnotpierre March 31 2009, 17:50:33 UTC

my last semester, I worked 5 days a week and went to school 5 days a week. I never had a complete day off (i worked weekends). I had 13 papers due that semester. when crunch time came (i had 5 due within 2 weeks) I'd take those 2 days I didn't have work and only just class, lock myself in the comp lab and bang out a paper, and do research for the next. then do that paper the next time and research /read for the next. this will not produce your best work but you will be able to nail B's, maybe squeak out an A if the paper is on something you truely have interest in.

it sucks but just make the best of the little breaks you get. work hard, play hard. pull all- nighters, drink too much coffee, do 1 too many shots, fight thru hangovers, take one more hit than you should. its only temporary and the payoff will be that much sweeter knowing you busted your ass to get where you are.

innamortata March 31 2009, 12:29:52 UTC

this also might not be the best suggestion, but one of my strategies was... if it wasnt required homework, dont do it. i also tried to pay attention in class EXTRA HARD so i wouldnt require as much study time. granted, Bio and Lit are much different.. besides one giant research paper, i didnt have to write too much. but yea... try to figure out the minimum amount of work required for the maximum grade.

innamortata March 31 2009, 12:31:28 UTC

and hang in there. your hard work will pay off when youre an uber sexy librarian. and this summer when im living 20 minutes from you, i can visit you & cheer you up whenever you have free time, even at Butt A.M. in the morning.

sisyphusiren March 31 2009, 16:09:21 UTC

Um, there really is no such thing as "not required" homework? I haven't done a single extra credit assignment all semester either, even though there were only a few even offered. A major source of stress is that I don't intend to come out of grad school 100k in debt like some people I know and therefore would like to get really high marks so I don't have to pay for it myself.

Maybe the stress isn't as bad when living with your parents isn't the worst possible thing you can imagine?

This summer I will, unfortunately, be in class at butt AM in the morning. My first summer session wants me to be there at 8 am. And learn a new language at that hour.