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Rym & Scott's Time Management.
I thought I had it figured out. These guys work full time, spend 4 of their week nights podcasting and play board games and watch Anime on the weekends. I figured they pulled off this daunting schedule at the expense of women. But now Rym says that's not the case. In addition to everything else they do, they find time for that too. I give up.
I'm very into squeezing every minute out of every day. So I'd like to see a 7 day breakdown of an average Rym and Scott week, from the moment they wake up to the second they go to sleep. I need to know how they stuff so much into normal human lives.
I'm very into squeezing every minute out of every day. So I'd like to see a 7 day breakdown of an average Rym and Scott week, from the moment they wake up to the second they go to sleep. I need to know how they stuff so much into normal human lives.
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Wake up
Shower/Internet/Get dressed/Get shit together/Make lunch/Update iPod
Commute/listen to podcasts and music
Work/Internet/Lunch/listen to podcasts/etc.
Commute/listen to podcasts
geekery
dinner while watching dvds or downloaded videos
geekery
Internet
podcast
Internet
read comics/play DS/read books
sleep
Average weekend day:
wake up
shower
constant geekery
lunch
constant geekery
dinner
constant geekery
sleep
Things like laundry, dishes, shopping, cleaning, etc. occasionaly replace small amounts of geekery.
Where do the ladies fit in? They follow our schedule when in our midst. They geek right along side us, especially at conventions. The best is when they shower and sleep with us. It is also great when they aid in a culinary fashion.
Of course, Rym currently has a relationship with a lady who is currently in Japan.
I have been looking, albeit not very hard, for a lady for a few years now. I think I'm just too picky. There have been a few opportunities, but they fell through most because of my lack of effort. If I actually didn't geek so much I could definitely find one. I'll let one more convention season go by, and if I don't meet anyone at any cons I'll start trying to find one the old fashioned way. I just really don't want to sacrifice any geeking. I need to find someone who will geek with me, and I'll be set.
By the way, if you're a 21-25ish year-old female interested in a geeky relationship with a geeky guy, you know where to find me.
Also, I think I just realized one of the keys to getting all the shit done I do. Multitasking. We do as much shit simultaneously as possible.
wake up
internet, webcomics, email, messages
shower/shave
internet/talk to Emily in Japan
commute
dick around at work
commute
run a few miles or ride my bike
watch anime
play board games
cook dinner
watch anime/movies (usually while lifting weights or otherwise exercising)
often, play some video games
play my piano for a while
internet
podcast
post-production
internet/talk to people
paperwork (bills, forms, general economic maintenance)
play DS
read
sleep
Weekend:
wake up
internet, webcomics, email, messages
breakfast
hang out, relax
go out for a long bike/hike
watch some shows
play several board games/video games
possibly drive up the road (shopping, eating out, etc...)
internet again
sometimes a night run
DS games
read
sleep
Weekend where several friends come over:
wake up
constant, unmitigated geekery of all sorts
some sleep
resumed constant, unmitigated geekery of all sorts
work the next Monday
We tend to multitask, so making a list like this was actually fairly difficult. Hanging out, talking, and anything like that occurs pretty-much constantly throughout -all- of the above. Of course, many weekends we go out of town for crazy geekery, like conventions, or else we host geekends at our house (which are often INSANE).
Emily is indeed in Japan currently. When she is around, I tend to head down to the city (NYC) fairly often for dinners, shows, and other fun, and she's often around (as much of the Front Row Crew is) and participating during most of the above listed geekery.
Also, the above list only really includes the things that happen every single day. I can't really list the one-offs, like seeing a concert or exploring an abandoned factory.
The only thing we really lack is some GOD DAMNED SLEEP! -collapse-
1) you don't do your list by time, but rather by activity. My first instinct would have been to assign times to all the tasks.
2) You seem to do most of your gaming with the DS and it seems to be in short bursts. I have a DS, but when I game it's almost always with the computer or PS2. It's hard for me to do a short computer game session. When I get into Civ IV for example, it's 4 plus hours. That plays hell with a schedule.
3) If Scott would just apply his usual focus on geekery to Match.com and all the other dating sites, there would soon be a new female member of the Front Row Crew, I'm sure.
4) There is very little downtime in either Rym or Scott's schedule. Rym seems to get a little lazy on the weekend, but Scott seems to be doing things full bore every waking minute.
My time demands are a bit different. For one thing, I work 7:30-6 most days, so that's a longer day. I also have to bring work home on the weekends. I have a family too and they actually do want me around every now and then. ;) So although I aspire to add more geekery to my life, I'm going to have to do it in baby steps. I have the podcast and ocasional gaming and anime when I run on the treadmill, but that's about it.
I don't know how much I trust those match.com type things. I really don't trust the ones that cost money. Maybe we need to start a new thread about people's experiences with these online services?
While Rym does nap occasionally I wouldn't really call my activities full-bore. I spend a lot of time BSing on the Intarweb, which is akin to napping. Like right now for example.
Anyway, today I'm not going to work. Will I read books? Will I play video games? Will I do laundry? It remains to be seen...
Oh well, damn all the geek-haters at school i'll wait untill uni.. :D
Well.. thats the plan anyway...
This weekend - A bunch of people are driving out for a weekend of gaming.
Next weekend - A HUGE crowd of people is driving out for a full-on geekend and some burning wheel. Possibly a trip into the city.
Following weekend - I'm flying out to NC for Animazement.
In terms of time management, we tend to be largely polychronic. Sure, we're bound by precise time from external sources, such as work, but we mostly ignore the time something takes otherwise. If we do something, we do it until we no longer feel like doing it. To hear one of us say "Hey, it's 4:30! We should do x instead of y now" would be an oddity.
When we're on vacation, like at the shore, we completely lose track of the time. There are no days or times, just activities. We wake up whenever our bodies say to, do whatever we want, and sleep whenever it's convenient.
It helps that Rym and Scott have jobs where they really don't have to DO anything, per se. They get a lot of internetting out of the way during work time, as well as a lot of reading and such. If you have a job like mine, which demands your time and doesn't have a lot of "sitting in front of the computer" time, things are a little different.
I find that the best way to do things is to do reading and some lighter video gaming in the 4 or so free hours I have after work. Weekends are best devoted to hardcore geekery and such.
You don't "need" a geek girl. Just go for a normal chick. I promise you, it's alot more fun.
On week days I...
wake up
shower / clean
breakfast
school starts
email, forums, podcast stats
boring ass classes
lunch
boring ass classes
leave school
hang out
get wasted
do a podcast
play CS
watch G4 and Comedy Central
do homework...maybe
listen to podcasts
listen to music
go to sleep
Now that I work in the middle of bumblefuck nowehere, I drive to work. I usually lave the house around 8am and get to work at 9. That hour in the car can only be spent driving and podcast listening. When I leave work depends on a lot of things. I usually leave sometime between 4:00 and 4:30ish. Some days I stay until after 5, and some days I leave before 4. I get home an hour later, of course.
http://thaed.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/polychronic/
Anyway, updated!
Work day
Wake up
Breakfast
Internets
Shower(if not the night before)
Bike to work
work
lunch
work
Bike to home or podcast
Podcasting or geekery
dinner mixed in somewhere
bike home if not home
geekery
possible shower
reading/gaming
sleeping
Weekend day
Wake up
breakfast
Internets
geekery
lunch
geekery
dinner
geekery
sleep
Sometimes chores eat up some geekery, such as laundry.
My concept of time management is pretty much GO GO GO GO GO DON'T SLEEP GO GO. I have an hour commute to a full time engineering job, two part time writing gigs, and the typical wife/kid/dog/house thing to take care of. Geekery happens every day, just not as much as I'd like.
Wake up
Clean Rabbit Cage, Lettuces for Buns
Breakfast (Usually some bread/fruit/dairy combination)
Wash Face, Brush Teeth, Get Dressed, Grooming
Commute: Bike 8 miles OR Subway+Studying
Work for about 8 to 8.5 hours if it isn't crunch time
[Maybe do something after hours with coworkers]
Commute home [or do something else in the city]
Cook a dinner (or somehow get food)
Give bunnies pellets
Do chores, maybe run a few miles
Shower, Brush Teeth, Get ready for bed
Animation [Good] or Useless Internet Time [Bad]
Sleeping
If it is crunch time,
it is basically the same except work extends up for a bunch more hours and I don't cook a food because I get home late.
Grab my glasses
I'm out the door
I'm gonna hit this city
Before I leave
Brush my teeth with a
Bottle of Jack
'Cuz when I leave for
The night I ain't coming back
fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs
and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat
and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs
and had a smoke,
and Somebody spoke
and I went into a dream
Leap out of bed.
Unlock shackles.
Stumble into kitchen.
Create meal.
Go to computer.
Consume meal.
Internets.
Shower.
Drive 5 min to work.
Work.
Drive 5 min to home.
Internets.
Shower.
Lock shackles.
Crawl into bed.
Go to sleep.
Have nightmares.
????
Profit.
Parent
Sleep
Repeat
DotA 2.
Sleep.