I attended an all day meditation retreat this past Saturday as part of the finale for my meditation class. It was nice to sit in silence all day. I realized how pleasant it is to sit with others and not chatter. I was able to relax into the silence without feeling the need to fill it. However, Sunday I was quite stressed by all that I had to do and wasn’t the most productive.

Yeah, so balance is important.

I’m learning more this semester how I work best. I find that actually marking out hours on my calendar to write, study, and grade papers works better than just making a to-do list. I got in two good hours of writing and one and a half on my French homework. Plus, I worked four hours at the writing lab and then came home and worked three hours to prep a talk I’m giving today for about 20 Columbia teachers. And, I managed to get in a 15-20 minute workout and sleep 6 1/2 hours on top of it.

Ok, so this account is probably boring for you, but I’m excited by working out some kinks in my schedule. I’ll try for more a more compelling post tomorrow.