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As far as your tentative schedule, it depends on your age. If you are younger, that probably won't phase you much. A schedule like that in my early 20's would not have been a big deal. Now, it would destroy me.
It's dedication alright, but honestly only you can know if you can handle it. You can certainly start out with it, and if you start to notice some ill effects then make a few adjustments. Maybe drop an hour of your night work to increase your sleep. If you make small adjustments as you go, you'll probably be fine. -
Is there someone close to you that you can ask to help monitor your mental+physical health?
I have a really hard time noticing anything that’s going on in my body or mind, but I have people who help me recognize the warning signs and that helps me adjust accordingly.
This sounds like a super intense plan you’ve got for yourself, try to set up some kind of support network beforehand so you don’t go nuts without noticing! -
There's one thing you haven't thought of. And it is VERY likely to fuck you up.
It's Immunity.
Stress (if any) and lack of rest, malnutrition (if any) - these factors kill your immunity. You'll catch cold in like 2 weeks. Do you know what comes along? Yeah, that's right: fever, tiredness, drastic drop of productivity. Paracetamol can mask those sympthoms but keep in mind that it also suppresses your immune reactions, which gives a green light for infection to spread.
If you do this, find a way to rest as much as possible. Be careful outside, warm clothes, lots of warm liquids, consume antioxidants (lemon, ginger, honey, etc.). DO NOT GET COLD or you're done. -
I was in a similar situation a year ago: a newborn at home (which already means waking up every 2 hours), 9-to-5 working hours (even though I had a vacation... they used to call me and give stuff to do), a huge project for my studies (for my bachelor's degree), personal project, etc. All this - from September to December.
All I can say - it depends on your personality. I for one have this thing: if I know I have to do smth - I will set my mind to it and will just make it happen. No matter how long, how restless the job is, how harsh is environment. Once I'm done -- all the diseases, all the near-burnouts - all the hell breaks loose AFTER the thing. But while I'm still WIP - I'm holding on.
I know I have this quality and I use it carefuly. If you don't have this thing, be very careful. Have a VERY strict schedule and live by it. Take a VERY good care of your health. Do not get distracted. Take 5min breaks every hour or so. These are the essencials IMO. At least that's how I do it. -
You forgot sports eating and wanking.
I think minimum of 6 hours sleep a day + a sleepin a week can be fine. As a parent sleepins dont exist and you sleep about 6 hours or less if you want to have time to do your own shit.
Also you are probably under evaluating uni work. Id give it at least 10 to 20% more for homework research and all that crap. -
I'm kinda doing a similar thing at the moment. Mostly I have school from about 8am to 1 or 3 pm. When I get home, I use the time to work on my projects. One important tip I can give you is to keep enough sleep, because it is not worth working longer that day, when you're hella tired on the other day.
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@SukMikeHok once again, for the umpteenth time: BURNOUT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU HEAL IN DAYS. DO NOT MIX BURNOUT, BEING ILL AND BEING TIRED.
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@SukMikeHok
Is this a personal project or one you're working on for a client?
I would probably recomend sleeping earlier and waking up at 6 every day.
That one day a week of waking up at 6 will mess up your schedule something fierce.
Also don't devalue the importance of exercise.
I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
i need advice.
is it better that i study during the day for college until 12pm (midnight) and then work on my own project from 12pm till 4-5am, go to sleep and wake up around 9-10am so thats 4-7h of sleep each day. the only exception would be tuesday bc i gotta wake up for college at 6am.
so i would be working on my project 6 days for about 4-5h per week.
i plan to do this for 2 months.
so: day shift - college study
night shift - my work
please help me organize my time.
now, im thinking about long term effects on this. its going to be pain. but i am in pain each day so i no longer feel pain. i will be exhausted as fuck. i am fully conscious of what is awaiting for me if i decide to do this.
here is my question. am i going to get a burnout from this? am i going to look physically different in 2 months (in a bad way)? am i going to be mentally worse? am i going to get really skinny? this would basically be a work of 19-20h for 6 days per week for 2 months. that is approximately 114-120h work week minus tuesday.
i have to be mentally equipped for this so i plan to do home workouts in night shift session in order to prevent burnouts. I'll do walks/jogs too in day shift for mental cooldowns. the most important thing for me is NOT TO GET A BURNOUT AT ALL COSTS DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
i need serious advice on how to do this right AND AVOID BURNOUTS AT ALL COST.
i MUST stay operational mentally for the next 2 months.
please list the things i should DO and NOT do so this can be achievable.
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