Perhaps the most difficult thing to do in school is to use free time productively. Breaks between lessons are at least two hours long, and it’s been difficult to find the motivation to sit down and get real work done. I’m still fairly current with regards to other aspects of school life; readings are more-or-less done within the week, and I actively take notes during lectures. But these long breaks, often spent in the canteen? Meh.
As I type this I find myself coming to the end of a three-hour-long break. My next tutorial starts in 35 minutes time, but with today being the first tutorial of the module I’ll have to allow myself additional time to locate the venue. Just like that, three hours have passed. That’s including time for lunch, but even with that it’s still a sizable chunk of time doing and accomplishing nothing much in particular. The only measure of productivity I have from this period is half a geography reading. Which, I tell myself, is better than nothing at all.
In other news, Snow Leopard is slated for release this Friday! I’m quite excited, having joined the growing legion of Mac users at such a dynamic time. I’m planning a full backup of my system so that I can perform an erase-and-install once I get my copy in the mail. It’s things like this that occupy me instead of my studies during these long breaks. Woe is me.