#+TITLE: Thoughts on life...
#+OPTIONS: num:nil
#+DATE: <2026-03-25 Wed 11:37>
#+filetags: :life:update:
#+COMMENTS: t
#+SLUG: thoughts-on-life-25-03-26

* Introduction

Been doing some thinking recently. My work day begins at 8:00 and ends at 16:30. I have a one hour lunch break from 12:00 to 13:00. This totals to 7.5 hours of work per day. Over a week, this amounts to 37.5 hours.

Straight after work, I go to Madressah for the Hifz class from 17:30 to 19:30, which is 2 hours. This means that on weekdays, I am occupied for a total of 9.5 hours (7.5 hours of work + 2 hours of Hifz).

Straight after Hifz, I have Madressah classes from 19:30 to 22:15 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. This adds an additional 2 hours and 45 minutes to my weekday schedule, making it a total of 12 hours and 15 minutes of commitments on those days.

On Wednesdays, there is a Majlis from 19:30 to 21:45 ish, which is approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.

On the weekends, I have Madressah classes from 11:00 to 14:00 on Saturdays and Sundays. This means that on weekends, I am occupied for 3 hours each day.

So in total, on the weekdays, I am occupied for 12 hours and 15 minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 11.75 hours on Wednesdays, which totals to 60.75 hours. On the weekends, I am occupied for 3 hours each day, which totals to 6 hours for the weekend.

In summary, my weekly schedule looks like this:
- Monday: 12 hours and 15 minutes
- Tuesday: 12 hours and 15 minutes
- Wednesday: 11 hours and 45 minutes
- Thursday: 12 hours and 15 minutes
- Friday: 12 hours and 15 minutes
- Saturday: 3 hours
- Sunday: 3 hours

A week has 168 hours. If I subtract the hours I am occupied (60.75 hours on weekdays + 6 hours on weekends = 66.75 hours), I am left with 101.25 hours of free time each week. But we have to account for sleep, so if I sleep for 8 hours a night, that totals to 56 hours of sleep per week. Subtracting that from the free time leaves me with 45.25 hours of truly free time each week. In honesty, there is also 3 hours a day where I need to do other mandatory activities such as eating, showering, commuting, etc. This totals to 21 hours per week. Subtracting that from the free time leaves me with 24.25 hours of truly free time each week.

It's only been the second day of being back into routine, and I feel quite burnt out already. One thing I want to try and do this weekend In'sha'Allah, is to completely relax and destress. I really enjoy (?) spending time on the screen working on projects, but this isn't the healthiest option, given that the free time is quite scarce. I want to try and spend more time outside, going for walks, and just generally being in nature. Exercising is also important, and I want to go swimming once a week, and play basketball once a week too. 

* Visualisation of schedule
#+BEGIN_SRC mermaid
graph TD
    %% Subgraph for Weekday Schedule
    subgraph Weekdays
        A[Work] -->|8:00-16:30| B(Hifz class)
        B -->|17:30-19:30| C(Madrasah classes)
        C -->|19:30-22:15| D(Majlis on Wed)
        D --> G(Free time)
    end

    %% Subgraph for Weekend Schedule
    subgraph Weekends
        E[Weekend Morning] -->|11:00-14:00| F(Madrasah classes)
        F --> G
    end

    %% Subgraph for Weekly Summary
    subgraph Weekly Hours
        N(Work: 37.5h) 
        O(Hifz: 10h) 
        P(Madrasah: 11h) 
        Q(Majlis: 2.25h) 
        R(Weekend Madrasah: 6h)
        N --> Z(Total Occupied: 66.75h)
        O --> Z
        P --> Z
        Q --> Z
        R --> Z
    end

    %% Subgraph for Free Time
    subgraph Free Time
        AB(Free time after commitments: 101.25h) --> AC(After sleep: 45.25h)
        AC --> AE(Truly free time: 24.25h)
    end
#+END_SRC

* What I want to do with the free time?

For 24.25 hours of free time, most of it is going to be spent on errands, and mandatory things. But I want to spend at least 12 hours of it doing:
- Going outside and being in nature
- Exercising (swimming and basketball)
- Spending time with family and friends
- Reading books
- Cooking
- Motal'ah
  
