This semester I am taking a break from the 8am classes so I get to wake up on my own instead of having an annoying alarm clock wake me up; my 12:30pm classes are a definite score! The first thing I do after waking up is reach over and grab my BFF AKA my iPhone and I turn on my iTunes. Once I turn on the tunes, I check my email, FaceBook and MySpace notifications… ‘Hmmm, what song is this? Must be a new song that my friend shared with me… sounds good.’ At this point I am exiting my Safari browser and tapping the iTunes icon. You see, in order to skip a song or view the name of the song playing, the iTunes App has to be open. It would be great if I could at least see the name of the song playing at the top of the screen. Once I see the title of the song I tap my safari browser and look up the lyrics to see if the song has real substance… If I like what I read I check out the band on MySpace.
After about an hour on my iPhone – no kidding- it takes me anywhere between 30 minutes to two hours to get out of the apartment and to the bus stop. I’m usually kicking myself for forgetting my sunglasses seeing how the bus stop has no protection from the hot Texas sun. Speaking of the hot Texas sun, its existence is the reason why I take the bus, if I walk to class I’d be extremely sweaty by the time I reach my classroom, not cool at all when you sit so close to your classmates.
If my professor permits, I use my laptop to take notes. I can take notes faster and have better quality notes if I use my Macbook. When studying, I memorize lists better if I write them over and over again rather than using note cards. I rarely study at home and prefer to study at coffee shops, needless to say I spend a lot of money on coffee. As I write this blog, I am accomplishing one of my goals for the semester – not to have FaceBook open, it’s not conducive to having a good study session. As for other distractions, as I write this blog, a million other things are going on in my head. Sometimes I stop what I am doing to write down my thoughts and expect to one day use them when writing my first novel or self-help book.
I greatly appreciate the importance of atmosphere. Whether I am choosing a place to study, party or dine, if the atmosphere isn’t just right, then the experience is not optimal. Even my decision to attend UT was influenced by the great atmosphere.
One last point, I hardly ever buy anything or do anything that I think does not reflect the perception of who I am as an individual.
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Chloe - Good job and this is a similar to what you might get from a behavioral interview. You've given a lot about your daily habits, but we'd have to do quite a bit more digging to get to some real insights. The length is a little short, so you may want to go back and look at the syllabus for those guidelines.
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