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

That's busy for me. I can only do 1 thing a day and then I have to rest all afternoon.

Busy ? Spoiled little brat I would say. At 18 i have moved to another country by myself, held full time job and was studying! I have funded my living and studies solely by myself! Now that is busy...

I'm amazed she'd go for an hour's walk at 8am!

Iris spoiled little brat? Are you serious?

All in one day @IrisTs? Impressive, and so comparative. We crown you Busiest 18 Year Old Ever. Congratulations.

told her she wasn’t allowed to be tired and stressed until she had done a full morning hospital shift, shopped on way home and cooked a meal for 6
What a nasty comment especially given how proud you sen of dismissing her feelings. So if she never has 4 kids and works a job you deem as tiring as yours then she's never entitled to feel tired??

At 17 they're still kids. They have the weight of their whole lives on their shoulders if they're doing exams for uni / work. They're irrational and hormonal and yes moody and annoying but it doesn't mean they aren't entitled to feel tired because they're not as "great" as you

I know this isn’t the point of the post, and I haven’t read the full thread, but surely an hour a day’s revision isn’t enough in the lead up to (presumably) A levels? Obviously don’t know anything about your financial situation but, subject to money pressures, surely 5 hours’ revision and 1 hour’s work would make more sense. She must be exhausted.

IrisTs and yet it apparently did nothing for your compassion. How is saying she's tired spoilt? All I did today was visit my sister woth the toddler and take the toddler to his hospital appt then order take out and im shattered becaue all of that involves a lot of running around (seven buses) and is mentally draining. It doesn't make me spoilt because you saved the world single handedly before you were 19

This wasn't a bitchy comment but I find that a lot of teenagers in the UK are spoilt and lazy. ( I didn't say all!). To you guys it might not be the case but in my eyes and from where I was brought up, saying that I am too tired to do the bed because I did those few little things would be unacceptable. 17 years old is not a child anymore.

Each to their own.

"All in one day@IrisTs? Impressive, and so comparative. We crown you Busiest 18 Year Old Ever. Congratulations."

It is comparative. I worked full time 6 days a week while studying and still had to cook for myself, wash clothes, buy food etc. No family in this country whatsoever so yes I'd say it's impressive to do that at 18. Whether you like it or not Stripysocks

Iris, stop back-pedalling. You said she was a spoiled little brat, from the list of her activities that day.

Well if you did itit and she's spoilt for not doing it Iris then surely you doing it isn't impressive? If you doing it was impressive then out doesn't make someone else spoilt for not doing it.

Kittenbeast where am I back peddling? Are you crazy. I stick to my opinion the girl is too lazy to do her bed which at 17 is a joke. You don't have to agree with me. I am entitled to my opinion

Iris, you started by saying she was a spoiled brat, described a few years in your life which wasn't comparable, people called you out on it, you then said that your comment wasn't bitchy, and are now trying to make calling her a spoiled brat about her unmade bed. I'm of sound mind, you are not.

Sounds busy to me. 2 hours of learning anything is tiring even without adding in revision and work plus exercise. It's no excuse for not picking up after herself or being reasonably helpful around the house.

Wake up at 8am
8.00-8.30 Shower & dress
8.30-9.30 Go on an hour walk
9.30-9.45 Get ready for/travel to music lesson
9.45-10.45 Go to a music lesson
10.45-11.00 travel home
11.00-12.00 Go to a driving lesson
12.00-1.00 Revise for an hour
1.00-1.30 Prepare & eat lunch
1.30-2.00 Get ready for/travel to work
2.00 Go to work for 5 hours
7.00-7.15 Finish work/travel home
7.15- 8.00 Prepare/eat dinner
8.00-11.00 Relax/shower/watch Tv
Bed at 11pm

Busy enough day if it went anything like the above OP.
YABU

Wow... just read that this is a weekend day.
She's at college all week & is then motivated to do this on a Saturday or Sunday?!
She's an angel.

Many years to be an adult and so very few to be a child ☹️

Yes that’s busy!

Iris stfu

She's going to get a shock when she has a full time job and a family and a house to contend with.

No family in this country whatsoever so yes I'd say it's impressive to do that at 18.

Well if it's impressive then why would you expect every 17 year to do the same? Why did you even mention it other than to show off? Being that busy sounds miserable at 17 it's a shame you were forced into that situation but if you have a family to support you there's no need to be that busy. Most adults get time to relax at the weekend so a 17 year old can reasonable want time off too.

She's going to get a shock when she has a full time job and a family and a house to contend with.

Well she'll be an adult then and will get to choose whether she wants a family to look after or not.

Busy ? Spoiled little brat I would say. At 18 i have moved to another country by myself, held full time job and was studying! I have funded my living and studies solely by myself! Now that is busy...

Anyone for a game of 'BUSY' Top Trumps?

Bramble - what exactly would constitute a busy day for a 17 year old, in your opinion? Perhaps she should chuck in a few hours at a soup kitchen, run a mini marathon and cook her whole families meals for the day, while she's out.
Genuinely confused as to how much more she's expected to do? as far as we can see from the OP, all she hasn't done is make her bed (so what?) and not put a wash on.

Well she'll be an adult then and will get to choose whether she wants a family to look after or not

Exactly. And not all adults work full-time.

I think it's pretty busy for a 17 year old. Good on her for having a part-time job, lots of teens don't these days, parents want them to concentrate on studies.

And what is this competitive busy-ness, like it's a badge of honour? Being overly busy is not something to aspire to. I feel sorry for people who are rushing around all day long and have no time to stop and catch their breath or enjoy life.