Monday, Sept. 19
HEALTH SEMINAR
A frank discussion of current issues relating to your health and well-being with local experts.
4:30 to 5:30 in the Checco Studio A (for men)
in the Brown Movement Studio (for women)
4 comments:
I'm actually very interested in what exactly this is about.
Did that count as a comment?
Probably not.
This discussion was interesting. There were points of the discussion which I found of value, such as what resources were available and where I could contact such people, but I wasn't as pleased with other aspects of it. When they talked to us about how many hours of sleep we were recommended to get they sympathized to the fact that 7-9 daily hours of sleep is rather unreasonable with our program. It was nice that they recognized this, but when I asked what exactly they recommended we do in order to cope with the situation.... they did not have an answer besides indirectly telling us "you're screwed." I was excited to talk about these topics with professionals, but was extremely dissappointed to the fact that they had no advice for increasing effective sleep besides sitting in a corner alone for five minutes. Maybe someone at CMU will develop a solution.
While sleep is a very important part of a healthy lifestyle, it's not always easy to obtain the recommended amount. Yes, some solution would be more helpful, such as learning how to manage your time better to ensure at least some sleep. However, when it comes down to it, little sleep is a way of life in the theatre, maybe not constantly but for a good portion, like tech week. They are not directly saying "you're screwed," it's more of welcome to the world of theatre.
I think the entire School of Drama needs reminders on how to take care of ourselves, rather than just telling the freshmen once at the beginning of the year. With our hectic schedules it's really easy to develop unhealthy sleep, eating, and exercise habits, but maintaining those parts of your life makes you feel and work better. It's true that we lose a lot of sleep with our work schedules, but we also easily find time for fun. The tricky part is that sometimes after a long week of work and poor sleeping, it is more responsible to have a good meal and go to bed early than it is to go to a party until 3 in the morning.
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