Cyclohexane - A Strain-Free Ring

Right now I'm just about to read about why cyclohexane is a strain free ring. It's interesting because cyclopropane and cyclobutane exhibit lots of strain, and cyclopentane, less so. This is where I'm at in my organic chem course. I've been doing pretty well. Quite well actually. Over the holidays I did not do any work on Orgnaic chem, but since January 2nd I've put a lot of work into that course. The period between Xmas eve and New Years was time spent with my friends and family. It actually seems like so long ago because my days have been so long since then. Luckily the tasks for the business have been minimal this month as well, so I haven't lost any time to that of late. But in December I was very busy with the business.

But anyways doing this organic chem course has been an absolute grind. Long days. But it actually feels so good. I started this course a long time ago, but haven't worked on it much. But the amount of work I've done in the last week feels so good. Organic chem is the type of course that you can just get immersed in. Or I can at least. I've realized that I love that feeling of sitting down at your desk, starting to study when the sun is rising, continue onwards for hours, until the sun has gone down and still studying, learning, figuring things out and getting that "clicking" feeling each step of the way, until I t's night time. It is crazy how much you can learn in one day if you just put your mind to it and give it a good, focused, honest, sincere effort. I can't help but think what my marks would be like if I did this for every class. Speaking of which, I've realized I love the hard sciences. I just love them. I can't wait to do physics again. Physics and math were my favourite courses in high school. I was actually strongly considering doing a math degree in grade 12. Anyways it's safe to say I'm rejuvenated mentally. I'm still tired, but I'm going to be pushing through. There's still 3 weeks left in January and I'm going to see what I can do. By that I mean how fast can I go and what kind of marks can I get. I've got math, organic chem, and bio on my plate right now. Math and organic are quite time intensive, so I'm thankful for the bio "break" as well. Although I'm not sure how much of a break bio is haha. Less taxing maybe, but still time intensive now that I think about it.

Anyways I'm going to post a more specific update once I get more done. I'm about 45% of the way through my organic chem class (had to relearn parts I didn't remember from 7 months ago, and brush up on all others), and just starting the first bit of my bio and math classes. Depending on my mood I'm going to either finish a math assignment or a bio assignment, hopefully by Friday night. Although I'm aiming for Friday morning. I'm taking a little break from organic chem right now but I'll jump back into it soon. Talk soon!