One might ask what my credentials are to be speaking about this topic. It is true that I currently hold no degree, not even a bachelors, in any field. I am not one of the leading scientists in sociology, psychology, or any other “ology” that would seem beneficial to giving others advice. However, I hold what maybe the most important credential necessary for writing on such a difficult topic. I am going through life.
Currently I hold a full time job working close to fifty hours a week (I’d be more than happy to provide my clock-out slips if you feel the need to do the math). At school, I am taking six classes, totaling sixteen credit hours. That’s just sixteen hours a week I spend in class. According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities, it is highly advised that students should “devote two hours of study time for every hour of class time,” which would put me at forty-eight hours a week spent on school. Now let’s add the hours up. A full week, seven days, holds 168 hours. If I work without over time, no more than forty hours a week, and do the school work that is advised, I would be spending 88 hours a week working in one sense or another. Doesn’t seem too difficult, right?
Let’s then add the amount of time I spend in my car, driving too and from work. I live roughly an hour away from where I work and attend school (they are both close to each other though). So I spend at least two and a half hours a day, 17.5 hours a week, in a car. That brings our total up to 105.5 hours. Let’s then give roughly one hour per meal per day to eating. Three hours a day if you do what scientists suggest, 21 hours a week. 126.5 hours. A proper night’s sleep would contribute eight hours a day, 56 hours a week. Our total is now at 182.5. I also have a son, just over a year and a half old, so I have to attend to him every second I have him (five days a week normally).
As you can see. My schedule is incredibly busy, yet I am finding time to write a blog in order to help people like me, people who are swamped to their shoulders with responsibility, and need just a little help. I may not have a fancy degree, or have done extensive research on the human limit, but I live my own limit every day. Pushing myself so that I may succeed, and in turn provide a comfortable life for my family.
Life does not come with a text book. It is a learning process in which one gains knowledge through their experiences. A proverb, written by an unknown author, states that “a smart man learns from his mistakes, while a wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” The hopes of this blog is to bring together a community of followers who want to help others living the “same old grind” struggle. Through this, success may be accomplished by not just one person, but many.
