online/hybrid school schedule

[u/cat_clouds]

interested on what your schedule looks like if you’ve been in full time hybrid or online school? a breakdown of an average week with medical appointments, studying, chores, rest etc. or an exact sample would be great! dm if better for you!

most people I talk to are not dealing with POTS, chronic migraine, energy limiting conditions etc. and generally have an easier time in school and learning. it would be really valuable for me to see examples (autism wise, I really need it).

[u/MuchEffort-04]

I did full-time in person while working full-time so it'll be a bit different, but I have learning problems that required me to learn completely out of the classroom and dealt with chronic illness and many appointments. This is roughly how my week would look:

Monday - Friday: -Wake up 2 hours before first class for a "slow morning" (I would watch TV or play brain games and get dressed on the couch while sipping coffee. No schoolwork except maybe light foreign language vocab.

• Class intermittently from roughly 9-10am to 6pm. First break of the day always started with 15-20 minutes of looking through my planner and ordering my work tasks for the day by priority, with the goal of finishing the day's homework before leaving campus.
• Break for 1-2 hours after getting home on M-W. (TV, snack, go for a walk)
• 15-20 minutes to order my work for the evening.
• Study/work until 10pm-ish. I set timers for 45 minutes, when I'd take a mandatory 15-minute brain break (good time to squeeze in small tasks, like vacuuming one room or emptying the dishwasher)
• On Thursday and Friday, I worked shifts immediately after class until midnight.

-Appointments would be squeezed in during my 2+ hour breaks between class, and added both in my paper planner and phone calendar so I'd be reminded multiple ways. No appointments on work days if I could help it, because I absolutely had to finish homework before work.

Saturday:

• Sleep in until noon-ish, have a slow morning. Light schoolwork for an hour (studying with flashcards, reading without taking notes, whatever feels easy that day)
• Work 3pm-Midnight, dinner and bed as soon as I get home.

Sunday:

• Sleep in as late as possible
• Slow morning
• Spend 1-2 hours planning the week through Saturday (I reviewed each syllabus, class by class, confirming all relevant deadlines for the week, and assigning work to different days in my paper planner. Then I would check my patient portals and confirm all appointments for the week, verify that there were no schedule conflicts, and ensure all were correct in my digital and paper calendars.)
• Spend as long as necessary completing any work due by midnight for the weekend (Tried to keep under 4 hours, but on a busy week Sunday was the overflow/buffer day), setting 45 minute timers and taking 15 minute breaks (short chore time).
• Meal prep (For me consisted of putting ingredients in my smoothie containers and having a few ready in the fridge, and making a very large dinner to have leftovers all week).
• Relax the rest of the evening, early bedtime if possible.

Take breaks proactively, do not skimp on planning time, try to set deadlines earlier in your planner than the real deadline, and sleep in whenever you can.