When I was in university, it was tough laboring in our shared dorm room.
I had two other roommates in a dorm that was only slightly greater than our dining room at our parents’ house.
Even when they didn’t have friends over, someone was always listening to songs, talking, or making some kind of distracting disruption. The buildings that housed our dormitories had learn rooms inside the ground floor that were always accessible to students no matter what hour of the morning. Unfortunately, the learn rooms were often filled with students struggling with the same problem as I was. This is when I started taking our bike and riding across campus to the school library. I could find a table in the back corner upstairs where I was away from other students and free from noise of all kinds. The only unfortunate aspect about laboring in the library every morning was the temperature inside. Even during warm Summer mornings, I had to bring a sweater with myself and others whenever I studied in the library. They kept the a/c low to prevent mold growth in the priceless books they have from across the decades of the school’s 60-year existence. Although I loved that the school was focused on protecting the indoor air at the library, I still struggled to stay comfortable some days when the temperature outside was already cold to begin with. When you’re borderline motionless for hours at a time, it’s harder to stay warm. Being cold in a quiet and air conditioned library was much better than struggling to toil in a shared dorm room with two other students within spitting distance from our desk.