<p>I was talking to my doctor today and he was telling me I need to have a routine and sleep more and whatnot. I think he had a good point - I have no set schedule, sleep late and am frequently stressed with little time to relax and think and be creative. The activities I do certainly require creativity, albeit in a more structured way. I’m starting to work out more frequently.</p>
<p>As an adult, I think I will definitely still have to do a tonne of work; however, I think I’m definitely going to make more time for myself, work out everyday and plan vacations. I don’t want to be glued to my smartphone all the time - I plan on starting a company and working in academia as a clinician- scientist (and hopefully shifting over to the company R/D if it’s successful). I think it’ll still be lots of work, but at least it’ll be enjoyable and I can set my schedule somewhat.</p>
<p>What do you think? Would you like to work more intensely? Less? Have more time to vacation or cook or whatever?</p>
<p>No…I’m addicted (probably literally) to artificial sweeteners. I’ve drunk a gallon of Diet Coke every day for the past three years. I count calories so I won’t gain weight, but none of the stuff I eat is healthy. I walk a lot, but otherwise I don’t exercise much, and I don’t get enough sleep. I procrastinate all the time.</p>
<p>Yeah my lifestyle is terrible. I don’t exercise or eat healthy. Honestly, I think the only reason I’m still pretty skinny is my kick butt metabolism.
In terms of relaxation: I think I’ll make myself take mental health vacations when I work lol. Sometimes you just need to get away.</p>
<p>OMG, we usually have white rice and I have kind of stopped eating it just cuz it’s pure sugar.</p>
<p>I used to work out at home but now I joined a gym- the machines are better. I basically don’t know how to use weights without hurting myself. </p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t think I eat that healthy. I eat mostly fruits and vegetables but some days, I eat crap and then work out obsessively to burn it off. I skip meals sometimes because I just forget and I love “maggie”, basically Ramen except indian-spice noodles. Even the wheat ones aren’t that good for you…</p>
<p>Lol I love maggie!
I work out a good amount over the summer - I go swimming 3x a week and run and dance. During the school year, I dance twice a week but don’t really exercise otherwise (I’m so busy). I eat kind of healthily, but not that healthy. Sleep is definitely an issue for me!</p>
<p>I probably need to work on what I eat, and also my stress levels. I exercise okay, I guess. I bike to school everyday (20 minutes) and my bike sucks as in I need to pedal rather forcefully and quickly in order to go forward at a decent speed - I sprint on my bike, lol.</p>
<p>Lifting is all about form, im a bigger girl but can,lift somewhat effectively because of form… And not happy on tracks now to try to lose weight and build some muscle, sleep more XD don’t we all wish :p</p>
<p>If you’re thinking you’ll work out every day, plan vacations, and ditch your smart phone as an adult and you can’t even do any of that now, think again. You’re going to be much busier as an adult and you’ll have real responsibility, especially if starting your own business. And to inform you, working out doesn’t become easier as you get older. The only thing you’ll be able to do differently is plan vacations, and you’ll probably be too glued to your phone and connections to actually leave them behind. So good luck with your chimerical aspirations.</p>
<p>I’m not fully content with my lifestyle, but it’s for reasons entirely different from most of yours.</p>
<p>I’m in cross country, so I have 5 morning practices and 2 evening practices per week; at each practice, I run 4.5 - 6 mi, depending on the prescribed routine of my coach. Now that school has started, the 6:30 morning practice is followed by a routine in the weight room during 1st period.</p>
<p>I also play ultimate frisbee (I highly recommend that you start playing, it’s a ton of fun and requires very little equipment) with local college and high school students 3 times a week for roughly 3 hours in the evening, and we typically finish 2-3 games. It’s not an extremely demanding sport, but it’s a lot of sprinting to mark people properly.</p>
<p>If I get the chance, I love to kayak for 3-4 hours at a time with one of my best friends on our city’s lake. Sometimes, I go to nature trails and walk and climb around on rocks for a couple of hours while I listen to music and contemplate life (I make a lot of important decisions that way).</p>
<p>I almost never feel stress. I get good grades (As) in the most challenging courses at my school, and I’m not overwhelmed. I do homework when I feel like it, and sometimes that’s the day it’s due. Everything always works out. I have a hard time taking everything so seriously because I know I’m going to a great school. </p>
<p>But a lot of people hate me and I don’t know what I ever did to them. I’m just missing people that share my values, so I’m trying to enjoy myself until I can get out of Texas.</p>
<p>@chiclanda No, unfortunately, I live in a less enlightened part of the state, and very few other people enjoy the activities that I do. UT Austin is the only Texas school I’m considering, I don’t think I could handle 4 more years anywhere else here.</p>
<p>I’m considering many schools, but I mostly care about Stanford (not getting in, of course) and USC (probably where I’m going).</p>
<p>Going to do engineering for sure (not sure which specialization, torn between mech and EE) and probably some kind of second major. I really like the philosophy, politics, and law major at Dornsife because those are already most of what I read in my spare time anyway.</p>
<p>I went to the UT Honors Colloquium this July, and I had a really fun time. McCombs is a great school, and any UT honors program is really prestigious. The colloquium made me a little more comfortable with UT as a safety, but it still feels like too many of the same kinds of people that I’m already going to HS with will be there.</p>
<p>California schools have their own set of problems, but I think they’re of a sort that I could better tolerate.</p>
<p>I have a pretty healthy lifestyle I think. I probably don’t get quite enough sleep, but I still get a decent amount. I run cross country, so I definitely get enough exercise. I used to not eat healthy, but now I’m all about the celery and the apples and the lean meats and whatnot. My one downfall is soda, though. I try to only have a few a week, but it’s tempting.</p>