January 22 – January 28

My (last!) first week back to school+work+otherwork+otherotherwork+internships+life.

For me, the first week is largely experimental. I spend a lot of time planning(obsessing) over my schedule in preparation for a semester. The first week back is putting theory into practice.

Am I really going to be able to do everything I want to do? Everything I need to do? What goals were too idealistic? How much energy will I really have?

Of course, it’s not a perfect system. It’s the beginning of the semester, so I’m still fresh and full of energy. I will, inevitably, wear out. And I have little homework. Hm. Where will that go?

Productivity-wise, did okay, but felt pretty exhausted all week. Energy during the day, but at night: go-to-bed-at-9:00 exhausted.

Oh, life.

Reading:

• Death Note vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
• Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson
• Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery
• The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston
• Black by Tracy Brown

Listening to:

• Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal
• Ellen Hopkins on audio. Much more bearable than in print.