Jan 19 2009

The Stress of Non-Exams

chris

So I am taking two exam subjects out of 4 (those being IB English and Physics 11, with my other subjects being Computer Science and IB Film Studies).  So unlike most of my friends, I only have two days of exams and then I’m done for another week.  No school.

Seeing as you can’t really study for English, I’m worried about Physics but not stressed.

What I am stressed about, however, is all the end-of-semester projects.  Today and tommorow I have my IB Film Exam Project due (A film, Statement of Intent, Storyboard, Script, and essay), my Computer Science project due (In two parts:  Python math script and Flash portal), and my Individual Oral Presentation for IB English.  This is the big elephant in the room right now seeing as I have to give it in 15 minutes and I’ve never been good at planning presentations… Continue reading


Jan 13 2009

STRESSED!!!

chris

If you haven’t read my post on insanity, you might want to read it.

I read in Wired today (at school) that people like me (ie, creative/programmer night-owl) should be going to sleep in the morning and waking up around noon, and should get more than 8 hours of sleep for maximum productivity.

AMEN WIRED!

I can’t say this enough,  I usually start drifting off around quarter past 10 and fall asleep somewhere between 10:30 and 11.  Then I wake up at 6 to go to school.

This results in a lot of stress.  I can’t go to sleep at 10, and I would thoroughly like to kill someone at 6 in the morning.  Suffice to say, I’m overtired and stressed.

This is one of the reasons I love my job.  My job is very hands on and automated, very relaxing.  Honestly I don’t know what would happen if I wasn’t working.

Does anyone have ideas on how to fall asleep?  I don’t listen to anything, and if I try to read myself to sleep I end up being really awake by the time I realize it’s midnight.

I probably sleep the most among my friends, but I seem to be the one who’s tired and stressed.

BAH!