I'm feeling pretty awesome this morning. I went to bed at 8pm last night, and didn't have to get up until at least 8am this morning! Despite one disturbance last night where my next door neighbours guests thought it would be funny to bang on the wall in between our rooms AGAIN (I have no idea why anyone would get enjoyment out of that), which woke me up from a peaceful sleep at about 11pm and consequently led to me going slightly ape-shit, I haven't felt so rested for a long time!
The other fab thing about going to bed so early is feeling like you're having a lye in come morning. I woke up about 6am, and knowing I could go back to sleep for at least another 2 hours was so bliss. normally I'd wake up when my alarm went off (sometimes not even then) and then try and justify sleeping until the very last second before I actually had to get dressed and leave. But here I am blogging in my FREE TIME this morning.
Obviously it's not always practical to go to bed at 8pm but with the dark night closing in I will most certainly be doing it more!
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Sunday, 26 October 2014
iPhone problems #firstworldproblems
Technology is great until it fails you and leaves you stranded in the real world.
My iPhone has been doing this to me for some time now and it has got to the point where I expect it to.
The worst thing is the battery life. It is hands down the biggest annoyance in my busy life. It just DIES at the worst of times. I remember about this time last year, I'd had a terrible morning on public transport where my phone had given up about half way though the journey (100% to flat), then I failed the test that I'd gone for when I eventually got to my destination, then basically got stranded in a shitty little town called Huntingdon for ages, then had a massively annoying and long bus journey home where I just wanted to cry and talk to my dad. I felt alone and I didn't even know what the time was! It was at that point I lost all faith in my iPhone battery. I went out and bought a new iPod (any excuse 😜), a watch, and a power bank for if I reaaally needed to use my phone. I figured I could still survive at least now if my phone did die.
The issue remained not much more than an inconvenience (aside from the odd cut-off phonecall or something) up until today when I was reminded of how annoying it actually was. Something as simple as a FUCKING SHOPPING LIST IN THE NOTES APP AND MY PHONE COULDNT EVEN HANDLE THAT. I literally wanted to smash it to smithereens right there and then. And that's not an urge I get often.
It's worth noting that I've had the phone 2 and a half years and I have absolutely caned it in that time. It has been my personal computer, life organiser, iPod, means of all communication, camera, torch, the entire works. And for that reason I am patient and loving and considerate because I feel like me and my precious iPhone 4s have been through a lot together. It was the first thing expensive I got for myself when I first started working and saving my money. I am definitely over-attached to it. I know this when I find myself making excuses (such as these) in the defence of the now extremely unreliable life-prohibiting device.
I've tried all the tricks to improve the life of it. But it's got to the point now where it won't run the update to IOS 8 because the memory is too full. LOL. I'm so done. I'm not even about to enter into this battle.
I'm going to go and buy an iPhone 6
My iPhone has been doing this to me for some time now and it has got to the point where I expect it to.
The worst thing is the battery life. It is hands down the biggest annoyance in my busy life. It just DIES at the worst of times. I remember about this time last year, I'd had a terrible morning on public transport where my phone had given up about half way though the journey (100% to flat), then I failed the test that I'd gone for when I eventually got to my destination, then basically got stranded in a shitty little town called Huntingdon for ages, then had a massively annoying and long bus journey home where I just wanted to cry and talk to my dad. I felt alone and I didn't even know what the time was! It was at that point I lost all faith in my iPhone battery. I went out and bought a new iPod (any excuse 😜), a watch, and a power bank for if I reaaally needed to use my phone. I figured I could still survive at least now if my phone did die.
The issue remained not much more than an inconvenience (aside from the odd cut-off phonecall or something) up until today when I was reminded of how annoying it actually was. Something as simple as a FUCKING SHOPPING LIST IN THE NOTES APP AND MY PHONE COULDNT EVEN HANDLE THAT. I literally wanted to smash it to smithereens right there and then. And that's not an urge I get often.
It's worth noting that I've had the phone 2 and a half years and I have absolutely caned it in that time. It has been my personal computer, life organiser, iPod, means of all communication, camera, torch, the entire works. And for that reason I am patient and loving and considerate because I feel like me and my precious iPhone 4s have been through a lot together. It was the first thing expensive I got for myself when I first started working and saving my money. I am definitely over-attached to it. I know this when I find myself making excuses (such as these) in the defence of the now extremely unreliable life-prohibiting device.
I've tried all the tricks to improve the life of it. But it's got to the point now where it won't run the update to IOS 8 because the memory is too full. LOL. I'm so done. I'm not even about to enter into this battle.
I'm going to go and buy an iPhone 6
Busy as a bee!
Wow. I forgot how much working odd shift patterns complicates everything!
Here I am at 4.30am sitting up wide awake because I slept in this morning/afternoon (😜) to compensate for my extremely long day saturday (9am right through till 4am with 2 half hour ish breaks). Problem being that I have to be up in 3 hours because I have an eye test at the crack of dawn because it's the only time I can fit it in for another ram-packed day and week to follow! I am actually going to draw out a plan of the week because there is so much I need to keep on top of!
Another thing that automatically becomes completely fucked up are my eating habits. I either over-compensate on food and end up spending loads of money on it to make up for a lack of sleep (like I did last year). The alternative is better for the pocket but not very enjoyable, I am going to have to spend my free time cooking and packing up stacks of food to last the entire week. Or I just buy a shit load of apples. Planning for cooking has never bothered me thus far (I am actually rather enjoying cooking cheap but good food) but the issue I have is having to plan exactly when I'm going to eat it too! I think it's going to be trial and error for a couple of weeks until I find a rhythm...
This is tomorrow's plan thus far.
Monday
0900 - 1000 eye test
1000 - 1050 stop at sainsburys & get stuff home
1100 - 1300 lecture
1300 - 1400 lecture
1400 - 1500 break (put washing on)(eat)
1500 - 1600 tutorial
1600 - 1800 break/get ready for work (dry washing)(eat)
1800 - 0000 work
I think I'm going to be rushing around a little bit...
And I'm only at one job tomorrow!
Oh well, all good fun!
Here I am at 4.30am sitting up wide awake because I slept in this morning/afternoon (😜) to compensate for my extremely long day saturday (9am right through till 4am with 2 half hour ish breaks). Problem being that I have to be up in 3 hours because I have an eye test at the crack of dawn because it's the only time I can fit it in for another ram-packed day and week to follow! I am actually going to draw out a plan of the week because there is so much I need to keep on top of!
Another thing that automatically becomes completely fucked up are my eating habits. I either over-compensate on food and end up spending loads of money on it to make up for a lack of sleep (like I did last year). The alternative is better for the pocket but not very enjoyable, I am going to have to spend my free time cooking and packing up stacks of food to last the entire week. Or I just buy a shit load of apples. Planning for cooking has never bothered me thus far (I am actually rather enjoying cooking cheap but good food) but the issue I have is having to plan exactly when I'm going to eat it too! I think it's going to be trial and error for a couple of weeks until I find a rhythm...
This is tomorrow's plan thus far.
Monday
0900 - 1000 eye test
1000 - 1050 stop at sainsburys & get stuff home
1100 - 1300 lecture
1300 - 1400 lecture
1400 - 1500 break (put washing on)(eat)
1500 - 1600 tutorial
1600 - 1800 break/get ready for work (dry washing)(eat)
1800 - 0000 work
I think I'm going to be rushing around a little bit...
And I'm only at one job tomorrow!
Oh well, all good fun!
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Easily distracted
Uni is hard.
2 of my 4 modules are so difficult to grasp. This isn't helped by the fact that my concentration span doesn't last for more than about 10 minutes at a time and every time I try to read I get a headache.
Got my first assignment today for one of the modules that I'm ok with. It's a book review based on our core reading and it's due in next week. 500 words isn't too bad. I'm gonna try and crack on with some reading and note taking now, but I know that as soon as I try and knuckle down I'll get a headache and be instantly bored.
My gap year was brilliant, I made loads of money and had a great time doing it. I did seem to think though that I'd just be able to switch back into kid-at-school mode. WRONG. It's probably because I spent the last year and a half of college hating every second, and then I had a whole year to re-affirm that college was in fact shite and the real world was way better and more interesting.
Also uni is hard cos you're trying to learn loads of new stuff that with 1 lecture and 1 lesson a week. The reading is no good at the moment, and I already knew that I learned by 'doing' and 'observing' rather than reading.
I really want to quit my job, but I desperately need to keep earning money because living in London is expensive and I don't want to live off savings and have to go without or have any moments when I literally have no money.
Booking my holiday to Italy tomorrow YAAY. Something to look forward to!
I need a stress-free job that I can go to and have a laugh and meet new people and come home feeling like I've done a hard days work. Nothing beats that satisfaction you get from feeling like you've done a good job. These days I get home in a terrible mood because for me a day at work is a day wasted. I get nout from it, and my to-do list stays as long as my arm, and my mood stays bad.
Why do I get so easily bored? Nothing keeps me interested for very long before it becomes repetitive and mundane.
Time to read...
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