{"id":14572,"date":"2017-01-19T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=4954"},"modified":"2021-11-10T17:07:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T16:07:02","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-a-masters-archaeology-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2017\/01\/19\/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-masters-archaeology-student\/","title":{"rendered":"A day in the life of a Masters Archaeology student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a Masters student is at once awesome and really hard. It can easily make or break you, with a step up in work, understanding, and time management. So, I would like to present \u2013 a day in my life as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.bournemouth.ac.uk\/study\/courses\/msc-archaeology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Masters Archaeology<\/a> student.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7am \u2013 wake up. Having already been woken up from a nightmare around 3am (thinking that I had over slept and missed everything) I pull myself out of bed and get washed.<\/p>\n<p>7.20 am- 10 mins ahead of schedule sit on bed playing pokemon. I will have to get breakfast soon.<\/p>\n<p>8.20am \u2013 had breakfast, start packing bag to go. A little early, but no matter.<\/p>\n<p>9.10am \u2013 in uni. Go into <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.bournemouth.ac.uk\/study\/undergraduate\/facilities\/faculty-science-technology\/anthropology-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bone lab<\/a> to practice my bones for the upcoming test.<\/p>\n<p>10 am \u2013 taking break from bones and staring at the wall. I think I deserve a hot chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>10.10 am \u2013 I now have a hot chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>12pm \u2013 lunch time.<\/p>\n<p>1 pm \u2013 home. Watching funny cat videos.<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2017\/01\/Cat-Videos.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4967\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4967 \" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2017\/01\/Cat-Videos-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"cat-videos\" width=\"560\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2pm \u2013 sitting at desk, working on an essay. I need to hit 500 words for the days word count.<\/p>\n<p>3pm- still sitting at desk. 400 words to go. This was easier yesterday surely?<\/p>\n<p>5pm \u2013 words done. Time for tea.<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2017\/01\/Archaeology-Work.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4968 \" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2017\/01\/Archaeology-Work-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"archaeology-work\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7pm \u2013 have got distracted researching dissertation topics, and forgotten tea. Will cook now.<\/p>\n<p>8pm \u2013 bother. Still haven\u2019t eaten. Give up, turn computer off and make toast for tea.<\/p>\n<p>10 pm \u2013 bed. Repeat tomorrow till test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a Masters student is at once awesome and really hard. It can easily make or break you, with a step up in work, understanding, and time management. So, I would like to present \u2013 a day in my life as a Masters Archaeology student. &nbsp; 7am \u2013 wake up. 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