When I was in school, it was strenuous laboring in our shared dorm room.
I had many other roommates in a dorm that was only slightly greater than our living room at our parents’ house.
Even when they didn’t have friends over, someone was constantly 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 constantly accessible to students no matter what hour of the afternoon. Unluckyly, the learn rooms were often filled with students struggling with the same complication as I was. This is when I started taking our bike and riding across campus to the school Barnes and Noble. 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 unlucky aspect about laboring in the Barnes and Noble every afternoon was the temperature inside. Even while both of us were in warm summer time afternoons, I had to bring a sweater with me whenever I studied in the Barnes and Noble. They kept the air conditioner 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 Barnes and Noble, I still struggled to stay comfortable some evenings 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 Barnes and Noble was much better than struggling to work in a shared dorm room with many other students within spitting distance from our desk.