For those of you that come home from college (or 'university' as everyone else in the world refers to it) for the summer months, I have a question:
Do you have trouble keeping up the routines and habits that you have built while at school when you come home for the summer? Particularly if you come home to a house where you have many people living and you have less personal space than you do at school?
I ask because this is the problem I am currently having. I've found myself letting the habits I've developed at school (most notably, ubiquitous capture of ideas, daily pushups, and daily reading) to be slipping now that I'm at home. I suspect that some of the problem is that my routine is now vastly different than it is at school, seeing as how I'm not attending class and working instead.
I intend on taking some time in the next couple days to analyze why this has happened/is happening and to formulate a plan to rectify the situation. Anybody have any similar experiences or comments?
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I'm worried about the same thing happening when I move out on my own. I've developed many habits, both good and bad, while living here my entire life, and I'm worried that I'll lose the good ones. However, at least my new setting will be more permanent than yours (I'll be in it for life, whereas you just have to stay at it until school starts up again).
One thing to consider is that you don't need to stress out about it. Maybe when you settle in at school again, the habits will come right back.
One thing to consider is that you don't need to stress out about it. Maybe when you settle in at school again, the habits will come right back.
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Do you have trouble keeping up the routines and habits that you have built while at school when you come home for the summer? Particularly if you come home to a house where you have many people living and you have less personal space than you do at school?
Yes.
Lol, I look forward to everyone else's replies. I think that a change in routine in general can upset your formed habits. I have to wait on the shower now, so my day tends to start later and later. I also get told to DO stuff in the morning so I tend to sleep in to intentionally avoid it, which leads to oversleeping and lazing and general ugh.
Trying to remedy all of those though.
A job would really be nice...
Yes.
Lol, I look forward to everyone else's replies. I think that a change in routine in general can upset your formed habits. I have to wait on the shower now, so my day tends to start later and later. I also get told to DO stuff in the morning so I tend to sleep in to intentionally avoid it, which leads to oversleeping and lazing and general ugh.
Trying to remedy all of those though.
A job would really be nice...
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Do you have trouble keeping up the routines and habits that you have built while at school when you come home for the summer? Particularly if you come home to a house where you have many people living and you have less personal space than you do at school?
I have a HUGE issue with doing things around people than I do when I'm at college. Its not that I'm embarrassed about working on goals or anything, but that I feel like I need time to myself to work on myself. So I'm currently living with 3 guys (I'm at my boyfriend's) and I have no will to actually work on my habits or keeping anything I've been working on.
Its not even that I don't even have the time now; I have much more time now than I did during college. The will to do anything is just... not there.
I have a HUGE issue with doing things around people than I do when I'm at college. Its not that I'm embarrassed about working on goals or anything, but that I feel like I need time to myself to work on myself. So I'm currently living with 3 guys (I'm at my boyfriend's) and I have no will to actually work on my habits or keeping anything I've been working on.
Its not even that I don't even have the time now; I have much more time now than I did during college. The will to do anything is just... not there.
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I go to school year-round. What is this Summer that you speak of?
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When I was in undergrad, living in the dorms or with roommates, I found it harder to stick to a routine- no matter if school was going on or if it was in the summer. At home it was just hard because I did not have much structure to my summers- just working some and 4-H responsibilities to take care of.
Now that I do not live with a roommate or at home, it is much easier to stay in that routine.
Now that I do not live with a roommate or at home, it is much easier to stay in that routine.
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Sometimes it's good to break your routine for a little while. Keeps things fresh. Routines and habits can be formed again, and you'll probably fall back into yours faster than you think. Summer break maybe is a good time to take a break from your routines also. However, exercise and reading seem like good things no matter what. I suppose it's finding the time that's the problem now.
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