I have been doing some figuring: since christmas my time has been spent as follows
A week has 168 hrs:
- studying: 36 hrs
- working: 22 hrs
- sleeping: 52 hrs
= 110 hrs. This leaves 58 hrs for other activities, such as
- driving to and from work/school (about 10)
- housework (about 14): shopping, simple cooking, laundry, dishes. Tor Idar does practically everything.
- dogwalking (including studying anthroposophy via mp3) and -training (about 5)
- working out (about 1)
- vacating with Tor Idar (10)
- socializing (18): hanging out with Ingvild and Irene, talking on the phone with Tormod, Mother, Ilian and Irene, checking e-mail, facebook, bloggs and chatting online, first class etc
The above might be a bit confusing since it is an average over 11 weeks. Tor Idar immediatly protested: you haven't spent 10 hrs a week with me! The truth is we vacated twice: once for 2 days (in Oslo) and once for 5 days (in Iceland), so no, we haven't spent this much time together every week. I could also figure out my time use differently by setting aside the week vacating with Tor Idar and dividing the rest by 10.
So DO I have a life beside work and study? Only barely. When this is over I look forward to reading novels, learning spanish, gardening, meditating, working out a lot more, cooking and baking, cleaning, and generally spending more time at home!
