Time Spent On Ultimate

Whenever I talk to my dad on the phone, I am always telling him of new developments on my team, details on the tournament I'm about to attend, or a recap of the tournament weekend. He always manages to ask, "Do you still have enough time for school and studying?" I, of course, always reply yes whether that is 100% the truth or not (*Most of the time it is. I am not saying that I purposely lie to my dad all the time).

It got me thinking about how much time do I ACTUALLY spend on Ultimate or Ultimate related things. So this past week I decided to write down everything I do throughout the day and how long each activity lasts.

The results were, at first, surprising, but then when I actually looked at it - they weren't that surprising.

After writing down everything I broke it down into 5 categories:
1. Ultimate: Practice, throwing outside of practice, debriefing about practice with my roommate Bemu, planning practices, answering emails, reading Ultimate sites (RSD or Sky'd for example), scouting other teams for our upcoming tournament, etc
2. Homework/Study: Self-explanatory. This is how much time I am physically doing homework or studying for an exam/presentation/class
3. Work: I work in the Natural History Museum on UMich's campus and this is just the time I spend there per week. Granted, this number changes depending on the number of tours per week but I think it is about the same per week
4. Physical Therapy: I was tempted to include this in my 'Ultimate' category. But I did not get surgery because of Ultimate so I figured I have to include it in its own category.
5. Other: Hanging out with the roomies, playing Jeopardy with the roomies, watching TV, doing nothing, taking naps. (Note that this does NOT include actual sleep. The graph is just for my time spent when I am awake)


So, in conclusion, I do not spend most of my time doing Ultimate related things. However, when it is broken down into specifics, Ultimate definitely takes up the most amount of time. But honestly, I am okay with that. This is my life. I love the sport, the culture, the people, the teams. I would be a little nervous if my "Homework/Study" category was a significantly lower percentage. But I am doing just fine in school so it does not matter that I am spending more time with Ultimate. At the end of the day, this semester has been awesome and I'm extremely happy. And that can only mean that the amount of time I spend doing certain activities is, at the least, alright

How do you compare?