Week 1: Survival

Good news, I survived my first week of law school! If this first week was any indication, I am going to be once sleep deprived girl by Christmas. Despite the initial shock and stress I've learned a lot about what I need to do to be successful this semester. I thought I had pretty good time management skills as an under grad. But those time management skills are not transferable to law school. Reading a casebook is like reading another language that you have some knowledge of but are not yet fluent in. While I may only have 20 pages to read for a class, those 20 pages may take me an hour to read. Even after the initial read, I have to read it at least once more to fully understand in. So to fully prepare for a class it takes around 2-3 hours, and that doesn't include the time it takes me to review what I learned today. Right now I am trying to figure out how to best balance school, working out, a long distant relationship and some semblance of a social life. As I figure it out I'll keep you posted. It's a lot of work, but I am (for the most part) enjoying the subject matter. Hopefully the lack of sleep will someday pay off