A Degree Of Doubt

[tourmaline]

I'm starting to wonder if I'll actually ever complete this degree.

Maybe it's a doubt thing because the current coursework isn't well organised (it's a group work thing you post to the forum, I finished mine at the weekend but I can't do anything until everyone else has done their bit) and because the latest part of the assignment is a pain (600 words on the structure and function of DNA). But I'm starting to wonder why I'm doing this. I mean, the work is mostly interesting, and I like that I've never been a science person up to now but now I'm studing science at university and that's so cool, but it takes up so much time - two hours after work every night, plus a load at weekends. I've put on loads of weight that I can't exercise off because I'm too busy studying to go to the gym, or once I've finished studying, it's time for food and then I can't go the gym cos I don't get to finish my food until 9.30pm. The only career plan I have for doing this course is Astronaut, and if I'm not physically fit, that's not going to happen (imagine being so lardy you get stuck in the hatches in the ISS, like Winnie-the-Pooh - not pleasant, but that's where I'm heading at the moment), and even if I am, and even if I'm of a relevant nationality (which I'm not at the moment), the chances are remote.

I'm going to finish this course, which will get me a Certificate in Natural Sciences, then it's summer, so I can get back to the gym or walking. Then in the autumn I could do two more short courses (Maths for Science, and the one about weather & climates) to get my Certificate in Comtemporary Sciences. But I need to think about why I want to carry on, and what I want to do the rest of my life, if I don't plunge headfirst into completing a science degree.

Comments

[luna-argentea.livejournal.com]

Is the gym on the way to work? Could you go there on the way to work or on the way home?

Actually, if it was me and I was paying the gym membership fee but hardly ever went there, I would cancel it and go walking and running outside and do weights at home instead (which is what I actually do, well, did, before I sprained my ankle and then there was all that snow and ice and now I've hurt my back! But usually I do).

How about replacing some sugary and fatty foods with fruit, vegetables and wholemeal food? Maybe that would help.

[tourmaline1973.livejournal.com]

Now that the icy snowy weather appears to be (hopefully) on the way out, it looks good for going to the gym on Saturday evenings, my favourite time for a visit. I haven't cancelled my membership because I'm on the lowest tariff which has gone up by £1 in five years, although I do have hand weights at home from way back.

[luna-argentea.livejournal.com]

It sounds better than the gym I used to go to. My fee (the lowest tariff) went up every year and I was only allowed to go from Monday to Friday between 6.30am and 4.30pm (and when I joined they mistakenly told me 9.30am not 6.30am. It was months before I realised!). Also the floors were slimy. I'm happier not going there! BTW, if you ever want a really good book about weights, I can recommend Strength Training for Women by Joan Pagano. It includes info about exercises without weights, with hand weights and using gym machines too.