Only 24 Hours in a Day?

            The self- study assignment given to us this week helped me figure out a great deal of things, mostly: that there are not enough hours in the day. While most of my time was dedicated to school or sleep, I also found that my schedule wasn’t what you would call “normal.”

            Most of the time you could find me up until midnight just hanging out with friends. Most researchers would say that this would be a problem. Something that is causing me stress. In my mind though, it is voluntary. My schedule doesn’t follow the wake up at 7am do all my work and go to bed at 8pm type of thing. Instead, 5 out of the 7 days, you will find me rolling out of bed around 9 only to go to one class coming back to my dorm so I can sleep until two. This might not be the most effective thing to do but it works for me.

            This got me thinking about the “normal” routine of people. How can one person with a PhD tell me that my schedule isn’t working for me because it doesn’t fit in societies idea of normalcy? There are so many blogs, articles, and how to books on how to be successful. But who says that following one or two different forms with automatically guarantee you success.

            Yes, I do admit that my schedule could use a little TLC, but for right now, I like it. I can wake up everyday, see the people I want to see, and set times to do my work. Although I may see my friends from the hours of 9-12, I do my homework and am in classes from 10 to 9. The only thing I can think of doing, when the time comes that is, is to tweak my schedule as I see fit, and probably add about 5 more hours to the day.