Thursday, October 21, 2004
My potential 5 day week broken down...
Given 120 total hours (24 hrs/day * 5 days)
- 16 hours class
- 8 hours internship
- 11 hrs work
- 40 hours sleep (Assuming 8 hour sleep sessions, 8 hrs * 5 nights sleep)
- 10 hrs 30 minutes walking to/from school (1 hr 30 minutes round trip everyday, twice wed and fri = 1 hr 30 mins * 7 times a week)
- 2 hrs 30 minutes driving to/from work/internship (30 minutes round trip, 5 times a week)
- 20 hours meals/changing/showering/general use (about 4 hrs a day)
- 10 hours study (2 hrs a day)
2 hours remaining idle time remaining
This would be a great schedule if I could pull this off.
Things to take from this exercise:
>> It would be good for me to have some sort of set 2 hour period each day to study. It might be lacking some days, but eventually, this time used each day should hopefully even itself out to where it will be helpful in the long run.
>> If I follow this plan, and have set those 10 hours for walking already, I would feel less need to hit the ARC, assuming I do NOT drive to school at all during the week.
>> I was thinking if I kept up with that much walking, then I would be very tired. But if I indeed keep those 8 hrs of sleep as planned, then it wouldn’t be so much of a problem.
>> Speaking of which, hardcoding those 8 hrs of sleep into my schedule like the 2 hrs of studying would also be a good idea.
>> Of course, the reason this doesn’t work completely is because of the randomness of life. I might pick up another shift or I might have to study more than 2 hrs a given day for a midterm/project/long assignment. In fact, 10 hours of studying a week might actually NOT be enough.
Of course this is all theoretical, but it’s an interesting testament of “what could be.”