Comments on: Time is a 4-letter word

By: afarhat

afarhat — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:58:31 +0000

It is really hard to balance school and work, and while school comes first sometimes I feel dissatisfied with my output because I’m struggling so hard to just juggle everything. On top of that I feel like I’m seriously neglecting the people in my life… Is it even healthy to live so isolated? Maybe that is why people spend so much time online…

By: rberesh

rberesh — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:29:33 +0000

meditate. find your center.

By: kp

kp — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:41:04 +0000

Time management could quite possibly be the most vaulable lesson that we take away with us from this boot camp of a school, or at least in the top three. Sure we learn design theory and practices, and pick up a little software knowledge here and there, but learning to maintain a well-balanced schedule has been the most challenging task yet… especially this year.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:01:32 +0000

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

-Groucho Marx

By: kdvig

kdvig — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:47:16 +0000

Time is a bitch. I feel my biggest waste of time is sleeping. But even without it the homework load never seems to go down. It seems that even with good time management there is still little or no personal time, and that makes the process much more difficult. That is why i stay online, like my classmates it seems to be a simple way to stay social during homework time.

By: iroC

iroC — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:41:29 +0000

dkapa- I agee. Please don’t be offended by this but I’m just referencing what I know (religion, and I’m sure this is probably true for counselors too). Pastors/counselors have to take on so many other people’s problems, and “fill” other people up with joy, hope, happiness, that eventually their cup runs dry too. There is DEFINITELY a time when we need to stop and be “filled”…I think opportunities like the LUST workshop, School trips like NYC last spring, going to a design conference out of town are what we need (as well as having time to do *gasp* NON design things too…I never thought I’d be excited to go hang out at my parents house and just talk with them and do nothing). I also think the fall semester is tough because you don’t really get a break (like spring break) to let loose and perhaps participate in activities that we love, but don’t have time for during our school routine. So yes…after 3.5 years of constantly draining our well faster than we can fill it- we are all starting to feel it.

By: dkapa

dkapa — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:35:07 +0000

Has anyone considered that sometimes, even if we have all the time in the world, our deep wells of creativity occasionally run dry?

Sure, i’ve been told that it’s my job as a designer to be inspired and be excited and literally fill the metaphorical well of creativity up, but what happens when you can only fill it 3/4, 1/2 or not even a 1/4 of the way? And what happens when you continually tap the well until it’s dry?

Right now I feel as if I’m continually tapping a resource that cannot meet my demands.
Yet, perhaps this issue is subjective and not everyone may feel the same way, but I cannot help feeling that my well is a little dry these days.

By: iroC

iroC — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:28:08 +0000

admrwe- You just won $133.33…take a week off.

By: admrwe

admrwe — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:13:51 +0000

I also meant to add the fact that it is impossible to live on 15 hours a week of work

By: admrwe

admrwe — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:12:49 +0000

I would say that everyone would agree with the statement regarding the importance of school and the transience of jobs, however this does nothing to address the fact that people have to have money for car payments, gas, food, rent, printing, booze, drugs, whatever. I wish that I could not work and focus on school, I would probably be a better student, but its just not possible. I (and probably many others) are stuck in the rut where I have to work but I also would like to the the hell out of CCS. This is a recipe for disaster, unfortunately, thats the only recipe I know. (I suck at cooking life)