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Apr 10
I’ve been told that I think too hard and that I plan too much. Perhaps the first one is true, but I don’t believe the second at all. Some people find it crazy that I, on the fly, plan when I’m going to eat around the other commitments I have for the day. What’s wrong with that? If I wake up at 9, have class from 11-12, and have class from 1-2, then I have a few choices. I can eat breakfast sometime within the hour of 10 and eat lunch at around 2. I can eat something small before class and eat lunch at 12, then possibly eat something small afterward to hold out until dinner. If plans change – for example, if dinner changes from 6 to 5 – then I can’t eat lunch at 2. Why? Because if I eat lunch at 2, I won’t be hungry by 5. Is that really overplanning or is that just my general logic? My meals have to be spaced out by at least four hours, and sometimes five. I don’t care who you are; I’m not going to go to the dining hall twice within three hours, because that’s just my rule. Respect it.
There’s nothing wrong with planning. I will sit down on Sunday night and start to plan my week. I like to get a lot of homework done from 2-5 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I normally don’t eat breakfast in the dining hall on Mondays because I don’t get out until 3 and I just eat lunch at 12 instead. I try to conserve meals over the weekend so I have enough for the week (11-12). Is that really overplanning? Or is it that I just know myself and my tendencies? Just because other people completely wing things doesn’t mean that I’d be good at winging them, and it also doesn’t necessarily mean that I should wing them, too. I like working on a schedule so I know what I’m doing when I’m doing it. If I’m not organized, I don’t work very well. Again, that’s me. Respect it.
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