I am 22 year old American White male, and a university student currently enrolled in one of the country’s most prestigious schools (I feel uncomfortable mentioning the name). I’m of the opinion that I live a very unorthodox lifestyle for a college student, and hardly a social one at that. Here is a general description of how my days might go on:

On week days, I always attend my classes on time, never missing a day. In addition, I complete all of my homework assignments (papers, book reading). Additionally, I’m also always an A or B student. To get these good grades, I spend hours daily, sometimes even as much as twelve outside of class studying the texts and finishing essays or research papers. Basically, I come home most often around the start of the evening, between 5:00 to 6:00. I do not receive much more than six to seven hours of sleep in a standard week, although I tend to sleep in until 12:00 or 1:00 PM on weekends (Friday and Saturday, as Sunday is when I attend church). It is also during these weekends that the majority of my free time is used, several hours a day from Friday to Sunday, less to none if I have a particularly large amount of work to prepare for.

As for socializing, it is virtually nonexistent outside of family members (including cousins of similar age) and inside the classroom during a discussion. I don’t have any “friends” to speak of, although I have always been like this since I was young; always focused on receiving good grades and less on social values. In short, I have a number of acquaintances, but not people that I would necessarily consider close friends. Maybe I might be described as a loner, but I think I am content for now.

Regarding psychology, I have Asperger’s syndrome (or at least did several years ago), obsessive compulsive disorder, and I am apparently schizoid and paranoid according to a recently taken online psychological test. I do not consider myself “mentally ill,” but I regard myself as having a different, unusual personality. I get the impression that I am a friendly and intelligent person, and I have been told that by others as well, both relatives and occasionally classmates and professors. Since an early age, I have always felt passionately about my education, and especially the subject of history. I have always been unfortunately bad at math, though.

The music I listen to is usually all forms of jazz, classical music, or early rock music. I don’t like too much modern stuff, although there is stuff I like too. Similarly, I have mainly a taste in older, classic movies, although I enjoy modern films as well.

Finally, I should remark on the way that I usually dress. This is also different from how most guys my age are seen. I always wear shirts that have collars on that, and most often with a plain white t-shirt underneath. The shirts I usually wear are either dress shirts, oxford button-downs, polo shirts, and safari shirts (think Indiana Jones for that style). Like most people I do wear jeans as well, but just as often I am seen wearing khaki or chino pants, sometimes slacks, and even a grey wool suit on campus. I even recently bought a vintage dark green tweed overcoat that must be about fifty years old and in good condition. Frequently, I also wear leather jackets. I like to top off most clothes with my fedora hats (my favorite one resembles my current profile picture’s), one that is light grey, brown, light tan, and straw. I have been complimented many times, by family and strangers, although some of my nuclear family members say that I dress too old fashioned, like I am straight out of the 1950s or 1960s. The way I usually get my haircut is even conservative for my age (a short back and sides cut with the top and front long, parted on the side).
Edit: By content, I do mean that in a general sense, but also far more. I would be lying if I said I am completely happy with my life, but there are many things I am thankful for and appreciative of. It would be in poor taste for me to completely overlook that which I am grateful. Although I encounter many of what I consider hardships, I am in reality quite well off for myself, and humbled because of that. I have little right to complain, instead I try to cherish what I can.