The College Schedule

Today we enjoyed a luxurious Sabbath of sleep and good food and fellowship at the Bliss' house.  We drove back to Cape Town from Wellington while it was still light and got to enjoy the beautiful scenery.  Unfortunately, as has often been the case when we have tried to take a Sabbath in the past, work caught up with us and we ended up with a late night followed by an early morning, something we are really trying to avoid here! 

This should be an infrequent case, because we have the luxury of student life without all the activities that kept us so busy during college, and also without the responsibilities of family, work, etc. that burden many people in graduate school.  Coming from a long history of working late at the last possible moment, we are challenging ourselves this year to work in advance, a skill that will be essential for the longer assignments we will both have.

So much of the past few years has been dominated by the "tyranny of the urgent," and we are happy to escape!  Basically, it is the difference between a "product-based" work ethic--where we would cut ourselves off from the world in a mad dash to get things done--and a "process-based" approach that seems much more sane!  

For those of you who saw Andrew hibernating in a computer lab during finals, you will know this is a pretty exciting transition!