It is my second year in Columbia University's Master of Science in Sustainability Management program. Prior to this, I was working on my post-baccalaureate in two other schools. I find it to be the case that with every semester, the stress piles up. Every day has been a constant struggle, and I am looking forward to the day when I am back in the real world. Just for kicks, here is an attempt at documenting a day in the life at grad school:
4:30 AM – 5:30 AM Emails (but mostly snoozing)
5:30 AM – 6:30 AM Shower/Change (semi-snoozing in the shower)
6:30 AM – 7:30 AM Gym
– jog (snoozing on the gym mat)
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Columbia University Dodge Fitness Center
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7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Gym-
yoga (aaaah - snoozing in my meditation)
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast (and running to class- still in gym clothes)
9:00 AM – 11: 00 AM
Class: Renewable Energy ProjectDevelopment and Markets with Professor Peter Fusaro
Guest Speaker:
Scott Siddell, Ph.D.
Topic: Structure Finance/Asset
Backed Securitization Solutions for Sustainable Infrastructure Projects – The Case
of Private Commercial and Industrial Energy Eficiency Retrofits
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Visit
to the hardware store. Lunch. Shower (finally) and change.
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Room has been unbearably cold. Finally fixed the heating system in apartment with building superintendent. Also installed additional room curtains.
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Group
meeting for Industrial Ecology class to prepare for our Wednesday presentation on “Life
Cycle GHG Emissions from NewYork City's Electricity Supply“
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L to R: Esperanza Garcia, blogger, with classmate, Douglas Price, Columbia University MSc Sustainability Management future graduate at the SIPA Lehman Library group study room
L to R: Mashael Alshalam, SIPA graduate student with Michael Didyk, Columbia SIPA graduate student at the Lehman Library group study room
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Work
on problem set due on Wednesday on “Carbon Abatement” for Energy System Fundamentals class with Prof. Travis Bradford
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Sustainability Metrics class lecture on climate risk, climate resilience strategies, and issues related to rebuilding NYC after Hurricane Sandy
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| L to R: Douglas Price, Esperanza Garcia, Nick Daniello, John R Abrashkin |
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM Write cover letter and touch-up resume for that job posting with today's deadline...
12:00 AM - 1:00 AM Catch up with family and partner. Get in my PJ's. And then I zonk....ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz...........
Tomorrow, I wake at 6 AM, and on for another day...
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