Month: December 2021

In reflection of the past few months here at UNE, there are many sights, sounds, routines and activities that come to mind. For instance, every single morning of the school week, my dormmate Gianna and I (and sometimes my friend Sarah), go to breakfast at 7:20 to get an early start to the day. This is probably one of my favorite routines I have developed since coming to college because breakfast is my favorite meal of the day and I get to enjoy it with my friends. The sound of our three meal cards all ringing us in for breakfast at the same time every morning will definitely be a memorable one. 

I have also developed a routine of going to the campus center gym around four or five every night to get a lift in as well as some cardio. I have used this as an opportunity to get my heart rate up and sweat a little because I always feel better after I do. I have also used this as an opportunity to listen to some of my more upbeat music on my phone that I can’t necessarily listen to while I’m studying.

I have also become very acquainted with the library in its entirety this semester. At the beginning of the semester, my friends and I would all go and do homework on the bottom floor of the library and get snacks at the Windward Cafe. As each of our schedules became more hectic with things like work, clubs or working out, we began to study individually, which led me to discover the top floor of the library. I’ve studied in nearly every little nook of the upstairs library and have found it to be even too quiet up there at times, so I would do my work on the middle floor and occasionally eavesdrop on little conversations going on around me here and there. It was there where I sat to outline, plan out, and write Project 1 for about five hours all together. I’m a slow writer because I like to thoroughly understand what I’m writing about and be as articulate as I can be. This process produced my best work of the semester and the assignment I am most proud of. It was only when I have chosen to ditch the library and go back to my room that I have been the most unproductive and the most likely to let the temporary appeal of procrastination get the best of me. Sometimes it takes some trial and error to figure out what the best study space is for every different day, but it has been working out in my favor so far.