"DaveB" <
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> Gags wrote:
> >
> > Actually, I am working on this assignment again..........
> >
> I love hearing stories of people up till ridiculous hrs studying given
> that I'm on a 6 month break. Ahh the bliss of coming home from work and
> looking at the TV guide.
>
> DaveB
>
Ridiculous hours was when I was doing my undergrad Elec Eng degree. I was
getting paid to study full-time as well as getting paid to play AFL in
Canberra. I was obliged to train three nights a week for footy and by the
time I got back from training it would be about 9pm (bout 30 min to ride
home from training). I would have a shower and something to eat and then
study to about 0200h to 0230h before getting to bed. Would then wake up at
0600h to spend some time with the kids before riding to work....
I found that the body got used to it after a while although I would not be
able to sit still for too long around 6pm or else I would doze off. I
managed to do this a few times at the dinner table, and pretty regularly in
the middle of reading a story or playing a game on the floor with the kids
(I had a policy of not studying before the kids went to bed). As long as I
stayed awake past 7pm, I would be right for study that night (almost a
second wind would kick in).
Every two weeks or so I would have a non-footy night where I would get home
at about 5pm, have a shower and crash straight into bed for a solid 12hrs of
sleep. This was pretty well enough to recharge for the next 2 weeks or so.
When I stopped studying, I found that it took at least a couple of months
for the body to readjust to normal hours and I would be awake until 2am
nearly every night. If I went to bed earlier I would basically lie there
staring at the ceiling for a couple of hours before deciding that if I was
awake, I might as well be doing something. Did heaps of aimless web surfing
and Counterstrike during this period.
Gotta get back to study (last assign for year, due Wed).
Gags