Welcome back to the Farm. You’ve been away for a month, hopefully enjoying some novels, hanging with the fam, reflecting on life, catching up on sleep, and readying yourself for the long winter’s journey. Funny, though: it’s the same 10 week duration as Autumn, but it can feel longer in both good ways and bad. Here are some things to be ready for:
The arghhhs!
- It’s hard to keep your energy up when there’s not much daylight or sunshine
- Motivation can be hard to come by when the just-back-from-summer freshness has worn off
- If you’re taking “next in the sequence” classes, you may be burdened by un-fond memories. Stay tuned for more info on how to unburden those memories.
- If you thought you didn’t do enough, or didn’t do well enough, last quarter, you might be inclined to overload this quarter.
- If you shop 9 classes, you are essentially taking around 36 units for the first week of school and that can set you behind for the rest of the quarter.
The yays!
It’s ok to not ski
- Hunker down, hibernate, immerse yourself, and luxuriate in Stanford’s intellectual bathtub and soak till you’re pruney. That’s what’s good about winter.
- Make use of your Saturdays now that they don’t belong to football (GO CARD!)
- The days are getting longer.
For specific advice on specific skills, feel free to check last quarter’s posts, or try out this learning skills inventory, which will generate some quasi-customized reports for you to peruse.
As always, stay calm and stay tuned.