Cloistered

That's the word people kept tossing around when describing what it's like to complete this program in a year. Cloistered.

While the idea of living a monastic lifestyle excites me as much as the next person, I'm determined. My goal is to resist the natural habits of students which may include sloth and procrastination, and focus during an intensive program while maintaining sanity (via renewing activities, sleep, positive reinforcement, keeping tabs on outside interests like political races, coffee), health (via biking to school and going to the gym--activities unfortunately offset by cookie and coffee consumption) and a semblance of a social life (via good friends).

Week 3: Still semi-sane.

Mission accomplished.