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First and foremost, I was very interested in how many similarities and differences that there was between myself and the average college student. I found the similarities interesting because I do not feel that I spend my time evenly in each area, like I assumed the average college student did. I was most proud of myself in the sleeping category, seeing that I get, on average, 0.6 hours more sleep than the average college student. I think that my strict sleep schedule has allowed me to be on top of my school work and also be able to do all of the other extracurricular activities that I do. However, this also may be too much sleep because I often find that if I do not get enough sleep, about 9 hours
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I work, on average, 1.5 hours less than the average college student. I am very, lucky to not have to work while I am at school to, again, assure that I am doing the best that I can on all of my assignments. Also, when I am working in the mailroom, if it is a slow day I may have time to read or do a little bit of homework which always …show more content…
I very much feel that when I sleep less than the average nine hours a night, my body feels run down and unrested, which it should not be. I want to try and force myself to stay up a little bit longer to see that if I can convince my body that it does not need so much sleep to be able to do what it needs to do in a day. I would also like to change how much time that I am eating and drinking. I would much rather like to be able to cook at a comfortable speed and still have people come talk to me, but I need to keep cooking and not stop to talk. If I was talking and cooking at the same time I think that this would cut down significantly on the amount of time that I am eating and drinking. I think that I will do this by making my dinner and then telling my friends that I will come and see them instead of them always coming to see me in my apartment.
Personal Hygiene and Grooming Task: Making a Cup of Coffee
1. Knowing that I want a cup of coffee in the morning
2. Walking over to the coffee maker
3. Knowing what button turns it on
4. Isolating the pointer finger on the right hand
5. Flexing the right shoulder and extending the right elbow to reach toward the button
6. Pushing the button with enough strength and accuracy to turn on the coffee machine to heat up
7. Extending the shoulder and returning it to the side of the body

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