To think this isn't being busy?

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Wake up at 8am
Go on an hour walk
Go to a music lesson
Go to a driving lesson
Revise for an hour
Go to work for 5 hours
Bed at 11pm

No one understands. Bless! I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that none of her friends have to do anything around the house?!

If she's 17, her body and mind are still not fully matured. She is, presumably, Year 12? So her school work is going to be fairly specialised and demanding, as well. And the current climate regarding education and employment means she will never be far from the next reminder that she might not be good enough, might fail, might end up on the streets, jobless, a 'workshy scrounger'.
Basically, cut the poor kid a bit of slack.

I think it's a very busy day.

Mine is 14 and typical day.

Wake 6.30 and shower, go to breakfast, music practice, until school starts at 9.00am.
Lunch 12.30 - 2.00pm have to do peer assessment concerts, watch concerts or masterclass, 2 days per week free lunch.
2pm - 4.30pm school again.
4.30 - 6.00pm, rehearsal or music lesson.
6pm Quick tea, then prep or practice and rehearsals.
Free from 8.45 pm until bed and lights out at 10pm. Swimming, common room, gym, or chilling on the grass/ playground with friends.

I think teenagers don’t have as much energy as older people. I can remember as a teenager being absolutely knackered after doing very little. I’m a lot older now, 2 kids, work full-time, run a business, have a 5 hour per day commute, run a house single handed... I still have more energy than I did at, say, 17 years old.

I think being a teenager is utterly exhausting. Maybe it’s hormones or something.

I'd call that balancedly busy - plenty going on and not a lot of down time. But enough time to make a bed and stick a wash on!

That would be busy for me

I’d say it was quite busy. But she’s not doing driving and music lessons and work every day, presumably. Is this a weekend day on top of a full week at school? What does she do on the other weekend day?

It sounds like a lovely day to me but at 17 I'd have thought it was crazy busy and moaned about it too. I think it's just what teenagers do.

Wake up at 8am
Washed, dressed,
Eat breakfast??

9.30?? Go on an hour walk

Travel to music lesson
11 am Go to a music lesson

Travel home and get lunch?

1.30 Go to a driving lesson

2.45 Revise for an hour

Travel to work?

4.30- 9.30 Go to work for 5 hours

Travel home and get some food, relax.

Bed at 11pm

If you put in travel, food then it is a full day although there's lots of nice, optional stuff in there.

Clearly too busy to put rubbish in the bins or make beds hahah

That's really busy! Lots of different concentratey stuff going on there. At that age I went to college and not much else. She should still be doing chores though!

I think that’s a really busy day! I have a child and work and I’m tired looking at that list. When I was 17 I was tired all the time, probably just hormones, but realistically a couple of those things, say the driving lesson and the revision would have totally worn me out.

actually does sound busy.
mine would have been
catch up with friends. go to the pub.
do a bit of revision. sit around gossiping

The issue isn't so much then what her schedule is like. She could be president of the U.S for all it matters but making your bed and putting your wash in the machine is not hard work.

I'd feel very tired after that - music lesson, revising and driving lesson all involve a lot of concentration and switching between them is hard. Then going to work for five hours on top of that is a lot. I certainly wouldn't have been that busy at 17.

That said, regardless of busyness, there's no excuse for not doing basic tasks. She doesn't have a servant so if she doesn't do them, who will?

Music lesson, driving lesson, revision and paid work in the same day? That's busy enough- the revision, driving lesson and music lesson will all take a fair bit of focus. Most 17 year olds do a lot less ime.

She could easily have made her bed & put a wash on before she went on her morning walk they'd have been ready to hang out in the lovely sunshine when she got back

Looks busy to me
Maybe I’m a lazy arse

My teenager would class that as busy yes, I wouldnt as that includes no housework, running around after other people. But if she doesnt want to make her bed or put her clothes in the wash leave her to it, she will soon realise she has run out of clothes or that something she specifically wants to wear is still dirty on her bedroom floor.

Well it's not jammed packed, but it's not not busy either.

However, making your bed is a two minute job (which come to think of, I haven't done today) and washing in the basket is ten seconds - I reckon she could just about squeeze that in.

Well consider it the other way around; a shift at work, (fair enough maybe not particularly long)- followed by an hour revising, and then two different lessons. I'd be tired after for sure!!

Meh, I rarely make my bed. Can’t get excited about her not doing that. And if she doesn’t put washing in the basket it doesn’t get washed, sure she’s bright enough to make that connection. Just leave her to it.

Very busy yes

Yes, that is busy!

To clarify why I think it is very busy - she is not doing the same thing all day, she is having to focus all her attention on totally different types of activities and then change it again. If she was working at the same time for the whole day then no I wouldn't say it would be very difficult, but to have two totally different types of lessons, then revising and then work, yes that would be very difficult in one day. I say this through experience!