{"id":6329,"date":"2021-05-10T14:11:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2021-04-26T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:53:57","slug":"a-week-in-my-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/2021\/05\/10\/a-week-in-my-life-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in my life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A week in my life\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1tFRDRm-Fic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-0-0\">Due to stress, my sleep schedule has gotten off track. This has affected my health and my ability to attend classes and socialize, inspiring me to write about a week in my life and what recovering from poor sleep was like for me. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-0-0\">Monday (12th April 2021)<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-1-0\">I woke up at 8 am to attend my architecture studio tutorial held on zoom, which lasts until 4:30 pm for everyone in the tutorial group<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-2-0\">. We started with a brief group meeting at 10:30 am. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-3-0\">This consists of our tutor assigning us our timeslots for reviewing our progress and going through some questions<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-4-0\">. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-4-0\">Since mine was at 3:15 pm, I had time to spare, which I spent taking a walk and further polishing my presentation file. After my tutorial session, I spent some time working on my coursework, making dinner and went to bed at 1am. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-4-0\">Tuesday (13th April 2021)<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-4-0\"> Since I had only slept 3 hours the day before, I ended up sleeping for 12 hours today. I had intended to go to the studio, but since I had woken up so late, I decided to stay in my room and work on my coursework for the day. I did not do a lot today, but I got distracted by trying to perfect my SketchUp model and ended up sleeping at 4 am.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-4-0\">Wednesday (14th April 2021)<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-4-0\"> I woke up at 10am, and there were not any events in the morning, so I ended up continuing to work on my coursework. I attended an in-person support group session which was COVID safe at around 7:30 pm and lasted until 11 pm. I had gotten a little distracted, so I ended up sleeping at 4 am again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_6351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6351\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/david-mao-m0l5J8Lqnzo-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6351\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/david-mao-m0l5J8Lqnzo-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/david-mao-m0l5J8Lqnzo-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/david-mao-m0l5J8Lqnzo-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/david-mao-m0l5J8Lqnzo-unsplash-322x215.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by David Mao on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h3><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-4-0\">Thursday (15th April 2021) <\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-4-0\">As I had slept late for the past two days, I slept in and woke up at 12 pm. Today\u2019s schedule was rather packed with social activities. At 3 pm, I had my weekly support session at 3 pm with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.offtherecord-banes.co.uk\/\">Off The Record<\/a> over zoom. There were several society meetings after that which lasted until 10 pm. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-5-0\">I wrapped up my presentation file for the Interim Review on Monday, which was due at 2 pm Friday, and ended up sleeping at 7 am the next day<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-6-0\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-6-0\">Friday (16th April 2021) <\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-6-0\">I woke up at 2 pm after the all-nighter and decided to rest from working further. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-7-0\">I cleaned my room and caught up with the live lectures in the morning, which <\/span><\/span><span class=\"passivevoice\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-8-0\">were recorded<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-9-0\"> and uploaded to Moodle<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-10-0\">. My flatmates decided to hang out in the kitchen, so we hung out until around 10 pm. After that, I worked on more of my coursework and ended up sleeping at 3 am.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/fabian-oelkers-e9rkZKjdlSc-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6352\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/fabian-oelkers-e9rkZKjdlSc-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/fabian-oelkers-e9rkZKjdlSc-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/fabian-oelkers-e9rkZKjdlSc-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2021\/04\/fabian-oelkers-e9rkZKjdlSc-unsplash-322x215.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Photo by Fabian Oelkers on Unsplash<\/p>\r\n<h3><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-10-0\">Saturday (17th April 2021) <\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-10-0\">I woke up at 12 pm to make up for the all-nighter. I usually do my grocery shopping on Saturdays and this one took a while as I had run quite low on my groceries. I went to town for a few hours. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-11-0\">Some of my friends were also hanging out in town, so I ran back after putting down my groceries in my accommodation on campus and headed back at 8 pm<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-12-0\">. For the rest of the day, I had dinner and worked on my coursework for a little, sleeping at 4 am. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-12-0\">Sunday (18th April 2021) <\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-12-0\">I woke up at 10 am, and did my laundry, as I usually reserve Sundays for laundry days. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-13-0\">Today was a bit of an outlier, as I had knocked over my water all over my laptop while trying to get my items from my shelf above my desk<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-14-0\">. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-15-0\">As a result, I was unable to work on any more coursework, and let my laptop dry out while thinking about what I should do to solve this issue<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-16-0\">. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-16-0\">My flatmates very kindly helped me try to take my laptop apart to dry its components. I slept at 1 am to try and wake up early for the interim review the next day and to figure out what I could do about this. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-17-0\">This week, I didn\u2019t exactly recover my sleeping schedule and things might have gone downhill a little more<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-18-0\">. <\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-19-0\">However<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-20-0\">, I understood more the importance of self-care and reserving time for it. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-21-0\">Self-care is not only taking baths but also letting myself sleep and taking breaks from worrying about coursework<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-22-0\">. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-23-0\">I have noticed that if I\u2019m not doing coursework, I\u2019m <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-24-0\">constantly<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-25-0\"> thinking about it or gearing myself up to work on it which is not a very healthy state to be in<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-26-0\">. Recovery is not a linear process and <\/span><span class=\"qualifier\"><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-27-0\">I hope to<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"1n1o5-28-0\"> be able to have a healthy sleeping schedule soon. <\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to stress, my sleep schedule has gotten off track. 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