It is a little ironic that I am posting my average weekly schedule on the Monday of a 4 day week... pssh details! Regardless, it is the beginning of my 3rd week of 2L year and I am finally feeling like I am back in law school gear. The first two weeks were a little tough just getting back into the law school groove and figuring out how my schedule needs to work. Not to mention I came down with a horrible stomach virus and was sick off and on for the entire second week and missed my first ever law school classes as a result :( I finally feel like I have life organized and a routine that works. Without further ado, here is a snapshot into a week in the life of a second-year law student, Moot Court member and student representative for law school admissions.
Monday
7:30- Wake up, Shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, play with puppies and get ready for class.
9:30- Drive to school and review reading for class
10:10- Class
11:40- Head into admissions for a bit of work while I eat lunch
1:00- Class
2:30- Back to admissions for a bit more work
4:30- Head home for the day and start reading for next day
5:30- Take a break to cook dinner while catching up on Netflix
6:15- Eat dinner and watch some TV with my husband or take the dogs for a walk
8:00- Finish reading assignments
10:00- Pack lunch for tomorrow, pack bookbag for tomorrow
10:30- Nightly beauty routine, read a few chapters of a novel
11:00- Bed time!
Tuesday
8:00- Wake up, do a quick workout of Yoga or Toneitup
8:30: Shower, get dressed and eat breakfast
9:00- Sit down at desk with my coffee to do some work while a load of laundry is in the washer/dryer
10:50- Drive to school
11:00- Head into admissions for a bit of work before class
1:00- Class
2:30- Home for a long break between classes
2:50- Start reading for next day and run the dishwasher
5:00- Cook and eat dinner while catching up on Netflix
5:40- Back to school for night class
6:00- Class
7:30- Headed home for the evening
7:45- Spend some time with my hubby and puppies watching TV
9:00- Finish reading for tomorrow if I have not already
10:00- Fold laundry, Pack lunch for tomorrow, pack bookbag for tomorrow
10:30- Nightly beauty routine, read a few chapters of a novel
11:00- Bed time!
Wednesday
7:30- Wake up, Shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, play with puppies and get ready for class.
9:30- Drive to school and review reading for class
10:10- Class
11:40- Head into admissions for a bit of work while I eat lunch
1:00- Class
2:30- Back to admissions for a bit more work
4:30- Head home for the day and start reading for next day
5:30- Take a break to cook dinner while catching up on Netflix
6:15- Eat dinner and watch some TV with my husband or take the dogs for a walk
8:00- Finish reading assignments
10:00- Pack lunch for tomorrow, pack bookbag for tomorrow
10:30- Nightly beauty routine, read a few chapters of a novel
11:00- Bed time!
Thursday
8:00- Wake up, do a quick workout of Yoga or Toneitup
8:30: Shower, get dressed and eat breakfast
9:00- Sit down at desk with my coffee to do some work while a load of laundry is in the washer/dryer
10:50- Drive to school
11:00- Head into admissions for a bit of work before class
1:00- Class
2:30- Home for a long break between classes
2:50- Do some work at my desk
5:00- Cook and eat dinner while catching up on Netflix
5:40- Back to school for night class
6:00- Class
7:30- Headed home for the evening
7:45- Spend some time with my hubby and puppies watching TV
9:00- Vacuum and scrub the floors, dust, clean the kitchen counters... general tidying up
10:00- Fold laundry, Pack Hubby's lunch for tomorrow
10:30- Nightly beauty routine, read a few chapters of a novel
11:00- Bed time!
Friday
8:00- Wake up, Shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, play with puppies and drink coffee
9:00- Drive to school to work in admissions
2:00- Head home for the day
2:15- Do some yard work
3:00- Do a light workout
3:30- Back to my desk to get some work done... usually outlining or synthesizing what I learned through the week
6:00- Make homemade Pizza
6:30- Homemade pizza and movie night with my hubby. I take the rest of the evening to just relax with my husband and forget about school for a bit
11:30- nightly beauty routine, read a few chapters of a novel
12:00- Bed time!
Saturday
Saturdays are for sleeping in around here! Usually, my husband makes us a big breakfast and we lounge around the house most of the day or go find something fun to do. I try to take most of the day as a break from law school but sometimes I have to break out the books for a few hours during busy times in the semester. Sometimes we go visit family or do something else but generally, Saturday is a day for rest, relaxation and some quality time with each other and our 3 pups.
Sunday
Sundays we usually sleep in again and then tackle the house cleaning. After that, we spend some more time together and then get started on homework and prepping for the week. I usually take a mid-afternoon break to meal prep and go grocery shopping. We cook up a nice dinner and then it's back to the books to make sure I am ready for the week and all my reading is done. The more I can get prepped and organized on Sunday, the better I feel heading into the week.
So that is a generalized outline of what my weeks look like. Obviously, life is crazy and sometimes things change but I do find that a routine helps me to stay organized so I try to stick to this roughly. This week is irregular because I have no class on Monday so I am spending it hanging out with a friend, cleaning out my closet to make room for fall clothes and getting jump started on homework for the week. I find it very important to keep a balance between school and regular life and as a 2L, it's hard but not impossible to find time for both in my weekly schedule. As finals get closer, this schedule becomes a lot more focused on studying but for now, this works.
One thing you did not see on my weekly outline is blogging. This is because I never parcel off specific time to blog- because this is a hobby and creative outlet, I simply fit it in whenever I have a little spare time, while dinner is in the oven or when I need a break from casebooks. Some weeks I have more time for it than others but it is somethign I enjoy so I try to at least make a little time for it each week.
Enjoy this short first week of September!
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