8. April

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Meine Online-Kurse begannen am Montag an meiner Uni. Ich habe bereits 7 von 9 meinen Kurse teilnahm. Soweit finde ich, dass meine Erfahrung in diesen Online-Kurse relativ glatt ist. Ich bin überall dankbar für die Technologie, die ich habe, und auch bin ich dankbar für meine Kollegen/Lehrer an der Uni.

Wir wissen allen, dass die Wirksamkeit meines Studiums (und die Wirksamkeit meines Lebens) sehr wichtig für mich ist. Immer wenn ich meine eigene Ziele nicht erreichen kann, bin ich völlig unzufrieden. Meine Umgebung Zuhause spielt dabei eine sehr wichtige Rolle, weil ich für den Raum um mich empfindlich bin. Es ist mir wichtig, ob der Mülleimer voll ist oder ob ich nicht genug Licht habe.
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And, the time difference as well has been quite hard to adapt to. Scheduling has been a total nightmare, and it’s been difficult for me to diagnose why I’ve been missing random things and overbooking myself, even though I am completely at home all day with only schoolwork and work work to do.

Part of my difficulty comes from my distaste for technology. I’m a pen and paper gal, is all I can say, and I have to really push myself to get myself online to check about appointment dates. Also, it’s hard for me to conceptualize my schedule because when I see a list of mandatory meetings online I do not have a place trigger in my mind to help me remember where to go/what it’s for. I often find that I remember meetings incorrectly when they occur in digital spaces because they don’t have real life indicators that tell my brain that they’re important.

If it were up to me, everything would honestly be done via emailing, podcasting, and phone calling.

The last difficulty I will mention here for the sake of space and everyone’s sanity is sound overload. I do not want to complain about the specific circumstances of my family here; rather, I will over-generalize and say that sound fatigue is a real and constant threat in my household. (Plus, it’s on me for getting sound fatigue in the first place, not on my family for doing their daily activities as per normal).

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Making my way through “David Copperfield,” which is just such a gorgeous read. I enjoy it more every time I turn the page.

Any recommendations for books to read? I am going to read a contemporary autobiography next, so it’s either “Company Man” by John Rizzo or “In Pieces” by Sally Field. Which one would you read?

Cheers,

Mackenzie