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Famous Last Words: Week 3 as a Whole

This week is met with many different sources of stress and many different sources of work. I started work at a new consultancy company part time, which results in less time to study, but a different challenge overall. With tests coming up, it will be interesting to see how I am able to balance different classes with needing to sleep eight hours per day, and how I can also balance that against needing to cook my own foods.

There is a sense of urgency in everything I do now as I must spend more time working on classes in my free time, and I do not have the same time to simply goof around. While I still plan on slacking off to the best of my abilities, I unfortunately have to focus some efforts on classes. We have had quizzes in numerical methods, hard homeworks in thermodynamics, and difficult questions in complex analysis. This, combined with reading research papers at my job and delving out the minutiae vs. the substance is resulting in an increased difficulty in my time overall.

But there are points of positivity to look forwards to as well. This weekend, OU will play UCLA at home again, and I will again go with a few friends. Hopefully we will win and make another appearance in the Big 12 Championship and Playoffs, extending Lincoln Riley's success rate. I've been watching OU football since I was 4 or 5, so these game are always special for me. In addition to football, there is positivity in the foods that will be tried this weekend as well. I am going to try to make red beans and rice with sausage- a classic that I had while I was in Baton Rouge. I am planning on soaking the beans in a salt water, browning the sausage, and sautéing with vegetables, then simmering the beans with the mixture until creamy.

Overall, while the week can be stressful, it is important to focus on the positives as well!


Stress always occurs- but it is a great growing opportunity. Source: BlueDiamondGallery

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  1. Arti PatelSeptember 7, 2018 at 9:27 PM

    Sean, as an economist, I have always put a money value on the decisions that I make, as it is one of the first things we're taught to do when we take introduction to microeconomics. We're taught to roughly equate every hour to about $10 as college students because in an hour we could be messing around and wasting time, we could also be working and making $10 (granted that is your wage). On top of that, I directly associate getting better grades, with saving money in the future when I go to law school, as even a .01 difference in my GPA might influence if I get a scholarship or not. I spent a lot of time with my extended family this summer and it was the first time that I genuinely realized that I can not put a dollar-value on time with my loved ones, my mental health, and experiences that I want to remember for the rest of my life because they are absolutely priceless. While financial security is the reason that I stay up for days in a row, damaging my sanity and physical well-being, to finish research papers and blog posts and study for exams, I now keep in mind that money has no value for me (besides to sustain my life) if I can't use it to continue a life of health with the people that I love, doing the things that I love. Hopefully the things that you love will always drive you to make it through any challenges you have in school or work, but after reading your introduction, it makes me happy to see that you have integrated the things you love into your academic and professional career.

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