Currently: In IBLC taking a minute to realize how long Fridays are becoming. NOT in class this time!
As one of many commuters that come to UBC, I took the bus to school today. I take the bus maybe twice or three times a week. Most of the other time i’m driving (i’ll save my driving talk for another day).
I woke up this morning after a long, active, and fustrating night. School ended at 5 pm, I went home, packed my stuff up to go swimming and to play badminton (which by the way I was really off last night). Then I went to Starbucks to pick up my friend from work and we ended up going to another Starbucks to study for another good hour of the night. After we got kicked out of Starbucks (they close so early, 11 pm), we headed to Mc Donalds (which has no WiFi by the way, at least the one in Kerrisdale) and continued our trek towards keeping up with school.
I don’t know if this habit has developed from studying really hard for my exams in grade 12, but I am liking studying out more and more. Here’s my little tidbit about going out to study (with friends or not)
1. It really helps to have someone with you just to be a motivator. Whenever i’m alone I can distract myself much more easily. But seeing a buddy/friend working hard at getting stuff done is really inspiring. We were literally silent for 50 minutes of the hour we were at Starbucks (occasional questions for help but nothing much more than that)
2. You can get away from the distractions at home. My family doesn’t seem to understand that they are actually really distracting. I mean I love them and all, that’s why at times I feel like there needs to be more interaction with them at home. But when I need to study, I need to study. (The reason why I titled this post Morning Blues is because a situation like this happened last night when they kept pushing me to come home when I was already out studying and then they decided to stay up just to see how late I would come home. Considerate, but I would appreciate some trust that i’m actually getting work done)
3. You treat yourself to… well nice treats. Little fattening oat fudge bars/REDUCED fat banana chocolate chip coffee cake/coffee and more!
4. It brings you to study harder just because you have set a purpose for your trip (go somewhere to study/get some work done)
5. Bring headphones. Last night there was a constant beeping at Mc Donalds and it drove us nuts.
6. Bring one or two textbooks at most. Unless you plan on staying somewhere the whole day, you really hardly finish dealing with even one textbook.
7. Wear warm and comfortable clothing. For me this means sweats and glasses. Studying with contacts (for me) puts more strain on my eyes than anything, especially when i’m reading.
Anyways, so I totally forgot about talking about my bus ride. This isn’t as applicable for me when i’m driving, but when you bus, PACK LIGHT and essentials only! I can’t stress how stressful it can get to have a bunch of big backpacks on the bus taking up extra space that could be potential people standing space (and then you have the occasion people who like to put their backpack on the seats to make them diriter than they already are).
And with that being said, it’s time to pack it up and head to class. CHEERS and be back later!
PS. My friday’s becoming long because they suddenly went from waking up at 8 to go to class at 10 until 2 to waking up at 7:30 to stay at school until 10 pm (UBC Badminton Club runs 6:30 pm – 11 pm)