Are you working like 14 to 16 hours or more per day five or more days per week? That would definitely make doing the basic health measures essentially impossible.
I’m technically studying full time, which would take up at least 40h a week. But the calculated time I’m supposed to students would be more like 60h a week. Nobody is doing that though.
But I also have to run my single household, which also takes up a decent amount of time.
If I want some time to my self under the week, still meet friends and pursue my hobbies, I’d probably run up to 14h of “work” a day.
And I’ve got ADHD and a bunch of other mental disabilities, which makes a lot of stuff harder.
So usually some of my health habits suffer a little…
Ah so you’re also working and taking care of dependents? That would be difficult.
As a student I noticed the workload wasn’t constant, that is the majority of the time there wasn’t much I had to do and then around midterms and finals there was a lot to do. Then again the majority of my class grade was one or two midterms and a final for most of my classes. There were a few ten plus page papers that would require a substantial amount of time. The rest of the time was up to me to decide how to use it for studying and memorizing. Most of my classes were recorded so I wouldn’t go and watch them at like 1.8x with transcripts. For some reason reading always locked information in better for me. Generally though I wouldn’t say school work and studying passed 8hr per day averaged out. It’s kinda impossible to sustain that.
I would do like 30 minute to 80 minute blocks with breaks or a coffee nap in-between. I will say getting out into nature and exercising was very helpful although I could never get myself into a gym routine. Exercise had to be fun, like surfing and mountain biking.
Well if dependants includes only myself, then yes.
And luckily I don’t need to work to finance my studies yet. That might change in the future though. I do however consider studying work, sorry if that caused confusion.
And it definitely feels like I would have to average 8hrs a day to satisfy all the requirements set by the plan. Which isn’t sustainable for me either, so I don’t. But the possibility that my studies won’t be covered by my government, due to me being too slow, stresses me out.
I mean one usually isn’t considered their own caretaker and dependent. Like someone taking care of a younger sibling, child, or unwell elderly family member would be a caretaker and they would be the dependent.
Alright so you’re not working a job besides being a student and you don’t have financial dependents. Are you trying to complete like a masters degree in four years for a particularly rigorous degree? I got my BS in math CompSci and took some electrical engineering courses and it wasn’t easy but I wouldn’t say I didn’t have time to sleep and get out for like some surfing, hiking, with friends. Then again I personally found most of my classes not super challenging once I understood the concepts and did some practice work. That said EE after simple circuits sucked
Bachelor’s in vehicle engineering would be the closest translation. Which is supposed to take 3.5 years and one more for the Masters if I’m not mistaken. Most of the concepts are not really an issue, but being quick enough in the exams is really challenging…
And like I’ve said before I really don’t have the energy levels nor the executive function of someone healthy. Just imagine being exhausted after half of the day and having to fight your own brain to do shit half of the time.
Just because you have time, doesn’t mean you have the time for those things. You also need the energy and be done with other chores. And even if you are done with the chores you still might have hobbies that need time and energy
To borrow a CompSci term, things can be overloaded aka exercise and meditation or other healthy activities that help foster energy, focus, and wellbeing can be social hobbies also. Yeah in school I found that like the beginning of the semester was very open and after midterms but the week or two before midterms and the two or three weeks before the final were very loaded with school work. Then again the vast majority of my grade for the majority of my classes were just those two or three exams.
Are you working like 14 to 16 hours or more per day five or more days per week? That would definitely make doing the basic health measures essentially impossible.
I’m technically studying full time, which would take up at least 40h a week. But the calculated time I’m supposed to students would be more like 60h a week. Nobody is doing that though.
But I also have to run my single household, which also takes up a decent amount of time.
If I want some time to my self under the week, still meet friends and pursue my hobbies, I’d probably run up to 14h of “work” a day.
And I’ve got ADHD and a bunch of other mental disabilities, which makes a lot of stuff harder.
So usually some of my health habits suffer a little…
Ah so you’re also working and taking care of dependents? That would be difficult.
As a student I noticed the workload wasn’t constant, that is the majority of the time there wasn’t much I had to do and then around midterms and finals there was a lot to do. Then again the majority of my class grade was one or two midterms and a final for most of my classes. There were a few ten plus page papers that would require a substantial amount of time. The rest of the time was up to me to decide how to use it for studying and memorizing. Most of my classes were recorded so I wouldn’t go and watch them at like 1.8x with transcripts. For some reason reading always locked information in better for me. Generally though I wouldn’t say school work and studying passed 8hr per day averaged out. It’s kinda impossible to sustain that.
I would do like 30 minute to 80 minute blocks with breaks or a coffee nap in-between. I will say getting out into nature and exercising was very helpful although I could never get myself into a gym routine. Exercise had to be fun, like surfing and mountain biking.
Well if dependants includes only myself, then yes. And luckily I don’t need to work to finance my studies yet. That might change in the future though. I do however consider studying work, sorry if that caused confusion.
And it definitely feels like I would have to average 8hrs a day to satisfy all the requirements set by the plan. Which isn’t sustainable for me either, so I don’t. But the possibility that my studies won’t be covered by my government, due to me being too slow, stresses me out.
I mean one usually isn’t considered their own caretaker and dependent. Like someone taking care of a younger sibling, child, or unwell elderly family member would be a caretaker and they would be the dependent.
Alright so you’re not working a job besides being a student and you don’t have financial dependents. Are you trying to complete like a masters degree in four years for a particularly rigorous degree? I got my BS in math CompSci and took some electrical engineering courses and it wasn’t easy but I wouldn’t say I didn’t have time to sleep and get out for like some surfing, hiking, with friends. Then again I personally found most of my classes not super challenging once I understood the concepts and did some practice work. That said EE after simple circuits sucked
Bachelor’s in vehicle engineering would be the closest translation. Which is supposed to take 3.5 years and one more for the Masters if I’m not mistaken. Most of the concepts are not really an issue, but being quick enough in the exams is really challenging…
And like I’ve said before I really don’t have the energy levels nor the executive function of someone healthy. Just imagine being exhausted after half of the day and having to fight your own brain to do shit half of the time.
Just because you have time, doesn’t mean you have the time for those things. You also need the energy and be done with other chores. And even if you are done with the chores you still might have hobbies that need time and energy
To borrow a CompSci term, things can be overloaded aka exercise and meditation or other healthy activities that help foster energy, focus, and wellbeing can be social hobbies also. Yeah in school I found that like the beginning of the semester was very open and after midterms but the week or two before midterms and the two or three weeks before the final were very loaded with school work. Then again the vast majority of my grade for the majority of my classes were just those two or three exams.