CPKontalonis All American 8345 Posts user info edit post |
I didn't like what I got in chit chat so I'm asking here
what's the best way to do this
I have 2 weeks to adjust from going out every single night to getting up at 7AM and it's really worrying me
tips/suggestions/etc. 5/22/2006 2:53:39 PM |
sober46an3 All American 47925 Posts user info edit post |
stop going out. start getting up early.
its not rocket science. 5/22/2006 2:58:27 PM |
markgoal All American 15996 Posts user info edit post |
It seems obvious, but: Don't go out the night before your first day of work. Get your body accustomed to getting up earlier. Get plenty of sleep.
Shouldn't take 2 weeks, but depending on your body's ability to adjust it could take a couple days. Beyond that, your biological clock will probably still be a bit out of whack for several weeks, so you will be somewhat tired until you get used to it... 5/22/2006 3:03:30 PM |
Woodfoot All American 60354 Posts user info edit post |
get an alarm that has two alarm settings
set the first one a good hour and a half before you actually need to be up - when it goes off just cut the fucker off
set the second one for a good half hour before you actually need it
hit the snooze a couple times
take a shower immediately to wake up 5/22/2006 3:10:33 PM |
abonorio All American 9344 Posts user info edit post |
I still go out and I'm up at 630a every day and go to bed around 1230.
It can be done. Live it up. You're young.
But you know how i roll
[Edited on May 22, 2006 at 3:29 PM. Reason : .] 5/22/2006 3:29:27 PM |
emory All American 1000 Posts user info edit post |
Do all of the following things the night before:
1. Take your shower. 2. Lay out your clothes. 3. Put the coffee, water, and filter in the coffee maker. 4. Put the alarm clock in a different room or far away from the bed. 5. Make sure your car is full of gas. 6. Put a pack of nabs, a granola bar, a bottle of advil, a $20 bill, and an emergency cigarette in your glove box. 7. Pre-set your radio dial for national public radio. 8. Profit 5/22/2006 3:29:49 PM |
Ihatespida All American 7520 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I still go out and I'm up at 630a every day and go to bed around 1230. " |
SAME HERE.....SHIT IS EASY!!5/22/2006 5:53:16 PM |
Kay_Yow All American 6858 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "4. Put the alarm clock in a different room or far away from the bed." |
The whole reason I get out of bed...5/22/2006 6:24:34 PM |
jimb0 All American 4667 Posts user info edit post |
welcome to the real world, fag. 5/22/2006 8:17:01 PM |
Weeeees All American 23730 Posts user info edit post |
multiple alarms cologne coffee 5/22/2006 8:23:26 PM |
spaced guy All American 7834 Posts user info edit post |
i made the transition the first day of my new job, then it fell apart 5/22/2006 8:34:06 PM |
stone All American 6003 Posts user info edit post |
just do it, and before long it will be second nature. i still cant believe how i feel old now 5/26/2006 12:58:08 AM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
Get your computer to play your alarm to wake you up
this will work wonders, because you can pick something that's impossible to wake up pissed off to
Also, you're going to be a total pussy the first week. 9-5 shit will put you in a foul mood when you realize that in the real world, you get up, go to work, get home, clean, eat, have about 1-2 hours to yourself and then you go to bed. Oh well. 5/26/2006 1:11:02 AM |
mildew Drunk yet Orderly 14177 Posts user info edit post |
EXERCISE...
Make time for a long jog, sports, weight lifting...anything in the afternoon and workout hard.
It's kind of a way to force your body to want to rest and sleep some time before 3am, plus i hear it's healthy too. 5/26/2006 1:39:17 AM |
SouthPaW12 All American 10141 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " Also, you're going to be a total pussy the first week. 9-5 shit will put you in a foul mood when you realize that in the real world, you get up, go to work, get home, clean, eat, have about 1-2 hours to yourself and then you go to bed. Oh well." |
Words to be engraved right here folks. Real life sucks. It's the tiny glimpses of vacations and days off that you actually live for. The rest of the time is legalized slavery. Sorry to break that to you. And this is coming from a guy who's totally blessed and loves his life and couldn't ask for anything more...yikes.
But yeah, set an alarm clock AWAY FROM YOUR BED and also have your PC play a song (loudly) to wake you up as a secondary alarm. There will be days that your secondary saves your butt from being late, I promise.5/26/2006 1:41:05 AM |
sober46an3 All American 47925 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Words to be engraved right here folks. Real life sucks. It's the tiny glimpses of vacations and days off that you actually live for. The rest of the time is legalized slavery. Sorry to break that to you. " |
funny, im out in the "real life" and i dont feel that way at all.5/26/2006 1:36:37 PM |
Ihatespida All American 7520 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""Words to be engraved right here folks. Real life sucks. It's the tiny glimpses of vacations and days off that you actually live for. The rest of the time is legalized slavery. Sorry to break that to you. "" |
^AGREED...WTF??? SOMEONE HAS SOME REAL ISSUES......THE "REAL LIFE" IS GREAT.....
LEGALIZED SLAVERY???? USUALLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SPOILED MAKE CLAIMS LIKE THIS5/26/2006 1:42:39 PM |
Doss2k All American 18474 Posts user info edit post |
Yep I have to make sure I have the cell phone, loud annoying alarm clock, and then the PC blast something loud to make 100% sure one of them makes me get up. Straight to the shower is your best bet, if it werent for that I would take a few steps and fall back into bed probably. 5/26/2006 1:52:41 PM |
Gamecat All American 17913 Posts user info edit post |
I was in this exact situation a little over a month ago. I didn't do anything to prepare until the night before. Just go to bed early. Your motivation for waking up in the morning (i.e. feeding and housing yourself) should be sufficient to get your ass in the shower when the alarm goes off as long as you're doing that. 5/26/2006 4:11:09 PM |
CPKontalonis All American 8345 Posts user info edit post |
well, I drank yesterday starting at 5 and got real hammered but then just went to bed at like 10 and I was wide awake at 6AM
so, I think I'll just do that 5/27/2006 12:04:36 PM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
actually the best thing to do is to try to get the fuck out of raleigh
you'll never experience a college to real world transition if you stay in raleigh, it's a black fucking hole. I'm doing my best to get what I need from NCSU and then I'm on the first bus out of this town... it'll trap you into the same lifestyle for years. 5/27/2006 12:36:02 PM |
cornbread All American 2809 Posts user info edit post |
try to keep the upping your lifestyle to a minimum, as in don't start spending a bunch of money by buying everything you've ever wanted and getting every kind of monthly service that you want. Save some, give some, spend some. Upping your lifestyle is easy but cutting back is damn hard. 5/27/2006 12:44:00 PM |
CPKontalonis All American 8345 Posts user info edit post |
I thought about leaving Raleigh but I'm not ready to leave all my people yet
my apartment is .37 miles away from my office, I think that should help a lot 5/27/2006 1:18:06 PM |
roddy All American 25833 Posts user info edit post |
Just tell your coworkers no questions until after 10am. I am not the type of person to say "good morning" to a zillion coworkers. I am not a morning person and it is never a good morning(i tell them this)
[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 8:25 AM. Reason : w] 5/30/2006 8:19:55 AM |
Lewizzle All American 14393 Posts user info edit post |
Learn how to cook, you'll save money in the long run.
Space out weekly activities across the week. Don't wait until Sunday to do everything, such as cleaning up the bathroom, laundry, ironing, groceries, filling gas, etc.
Work out or play a club sport. 6/15/2006 7:42:11 AM |
roddy All American 25833 Posts user info edit post |
i still buy food like i am still in college, same old same old....
athough, the past year a crave shrimp for some odd reason, usually once or twice a week.
[Edited on June 19, 2006 at 2:30 AM. Reason : w] 6/19/2006 2:29:59 AM |
slackerb All American 5093 Posts user info edit post |
Social scene is definitely different bigtime. Especially dating.
In college it's like shooting fish in a barrel, but now, you actually have to go out and make an effort and stuff. 7/4/2006 10:39:05 PM |
CPKontalonis All American 8345 Posts user info edit post |
yes I'm seeing that more and more
I plan on using my status as a graduate to scheme on college girls though
this may or may not work 7/4/2006 10:57:23 PM |
NCSUWolfy All American 12966 Posts user info edit post |
^ talk some shit ab getting them an internship 7/5/2006 1:32:20 AM |
CPKontalonis All American 8345 Posts user info edit post |
I've been trying to convince my superiors to let me have a real intern
they're all like you've only been here a month
and I'm like yeah that's why I need one, to help me get off the ground 7/5/2006 8:31:49 AM |
MajrShorty All American 2812 Posts user info edit post |
I haven't found the transition too hard, that said I work in a great area of Charlotte so I can use my lunch break to accomplish other things (grocery shopping for things taht don't need to eb refrigerated/frozen, mall shopping for clothes, banking) - the only thing i'm not doing now that I want to do is stopping at the gym on my way home, once I get that membership sorted I'll be golden.
I hate waking up at 6am, but the $$ and the regular schedule rocks, I def. don't miss being broke as a joke, and I think I can take waking up at 6am and going to a job I love over sleeping in a bit and being broke or in a job I hate. 7/5/2006 1:26:28 PM |
Lewizzle All American 14393 Posts user info edit post |
You will loose at least half the people who were your "friends" in college. Some are predictable, some are not. It's sad, but you have to focus on the true friends who remain. They make life that much better. 7/5/2006 1:34:31 PM |
Beckers All American 6428 Posts user info edit post |
definately change your schedule now... you will be surprised how tired you get at the end of the week. Make all your BIG plans for Saturday night... 7/5/2006 4:28:13 PM |
SouthPaW12 All American 10141 Posts user info edit post |
^ Word on that.
The "transition" hasn't been too tough for me, but I've had a lot of help from my fam getting situated. The toughest part is now bedtime is 9:30pm every worknight (gotta be up by 5:30am). It's not hard to make myself go to bed then, I'm usually beat by 9:30pm anyway.
Basically, I only "go out" & "hang out" on Friday or Saturday night. It's all good though, the money is where it's at. 7/5/2006 5:05:13 PM |
CPKontalonis All American 8345 Posts user info edit post |
yeah I mean I drink like 4-5 beers a day between 8 and 10:30 and then pass out
it wasn't as big of a deal as I thought
this thread can stop now 7/6/2006 7:46:43 AM |
Ihatespida All American 7520 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Social scene is definitely different bigtime. Especially dating.
In college it's like shooting fish in a barrel, but now, you actually have to go out and make an effort and stuff." |
I CALL BULLSHIT ON THIS TOO.....MY DATING LIFE HAS BEEN MUCH BETTER SINCE I GRADUATED COLLEGE.....WOMEN WHO ARE ALSO OUT OF COLLEGE DON'T WASTE TIME PLAYING GAMES LIKE COLLGE GIRLS DO.....SO IT CUTS OUT ANY UNWANTED BULLSHIT AND THE OLDER WOMEN GET THE MORE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT7/6/2006 9:16:13 AM |
AxlBonBach All American 45550 Posts user info edit post |
^this honest truth.
i rarely dated in college. most of the women were fucking insane. i date regularly now that i've left Raleigh. 7/6/2006 11:30:26 AM |
RhoIsWar1096 All American 3857 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "talk some shit ab getting them an internship" |
hahaha that's awesome... i've gotta try that7/9/2006 10:18:15 PM |
FeverRed All American 8499 Posts user info edit post |
I didn't start going out until after I graduated college. In college I didn't have the money to go out, I lived on campus all four years, and most of my friends were under 21. I didn't have my first hangover until I was almost 24.
Your life doesn't end unless you want it to. The only reason I slowed down was because I moved to a place where it's too far to walk or get a taxi from the bars, and I don't really like any of the bars or clubs here anyway. That and I had to get my gall bladder removed (gg, gallstones). 7/28/2006 6:29:41 AM |
DZAndrea All American 26939 Posts user info edit post |
I'm trying to keep doing all the things I used to but things like shows are particularly hard when the person I want to see doesn't go on until 1AM.
[Edited on July 28, 2006 at 9:07 AM. Reason : boo] 7/28/2006 9:02:58 AM |
H8R wear sumthin tight 60155 Posts user info edit post |
get a contract job
work it.
then your off. 7/28/2006 11:23:12 AM |
zorthage 1+1=5 17148 Posts user info edit post |
it really helps if its a job you enjoy.
if you can get up and enjoy (as much as you can enjoy a job) what you do, the daily grind and 40+ workweeks will be much more bearable.
Oh, and get plenty of sleep 7/29/2006 9:42:18 PM |