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  • You 100% don’t have to answer since it may be personal but do you have a particular health issue? I’ve packed on a little weight now that I’m older and more sedentary but through my 20’s I wasn’t like ripped by any stretch of the imagination but had very strong cardiovascular health from mountain biking and hiking and swimming so often. I would say I was always on the skinnier side and kept some reasonable physical health aka I could go do whatever I wanted. Like if a friend wanted to go do a 7 mile hike to the local waterfall I was able.

    I found that personally having endurance strength and cardiovascular health really helped with my general mental wellbeing. Also just getting out into nature was a massive one for me. No matter what I could go into the ocean and just swim off life’s stress and stare off into the horizon for a while. Being this finite little point in the seemingly endless and powerful ocean always gets my head right for whatever reason.


  • 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


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    I went to a pretty hard university, a lot of our profs were from cal tech and MIT and I had one of who was a Fields medalist which was intimidating. Maybe my degree wasn’t that difficult for me. Most courses were just a midterm or two and a final and that’s that. So the week or two before the midterm and the two or three weeks before the final had to be really planned out. The first half of the semester was always boring and the time after midterms was also a lull. Then again anyone I knew taking O-Chem seemed like they wanted to end their life.

    To steal a term from CompSci, tasks can be overloaded aka the same task that’s social and a hobby can also be a pro health or focus task. Like going hiking, surfing, or a sound bath meditation with friends. I could never develop a gym habit. It’s too boring. Got into a habit though of exploring the mountain biking trails near campus with a few people. Same type would be like, “hey let’s check out the rock climbing gym on campus”. Also fun to hike down to the local nude beach for shenanigans.


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    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.


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    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.