Today I had lunch with my friend Liz like I usually do on Tuesdays on Thursdays. Then, we decided to sit in The Commons and study. But guess what- we are sitting in McConn because there's a big fair going on in The Commons. Also, I'm not studying. Hence the title. I'm great at this!
I have SO much to do and I'm not doing any of it. It's a pretty serious talent.
Also, I think drinking all this coffee is giving me a headache. That makes me sad because I love coffee.
*psst- I think I might keep drinking it any way.
I could list the things I should be doing but I won't because that sounds like a lot of work too.
Maybe I'll tell you once I actually do things because then I'll feel better about myself.
I might even be too lazy to add a photo to this blog post. It's getting ridiculous. I need to motivate and kick my butt into action!
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Now it is Sunday evening. I am about halfway done with this 8-12 page paper about my unique design. Yay! When I actually focus on it, it's not that tough. But I become so easily distracted. Sometimes I wonder if I have developed ADD. Then I look up symptoms on WebMD. Then I decide that I have it and that something MUST be done about it!
And thus, I have wasted another 10 minutes.
When did I become one of those people who couldn't do their homework quickly? I don't need hours and hours because it's difficult but because I am distracted. I'm willing to blame the Internet. I often need my computer to type up a paper but I need to use the Internet to do research as well or fact check myself. I reward myself by checking email, Facebook, updating this blog, etc and then 45 minutes have gone by! This is insanity.
When I was in middle school through my freshman year of high school, I would come home from school and plop down at the dining room table and finish all my homework then and there. With the progression of years, homework started being put off later and later and less effort was given. My grades don't really reflect this but it's true. Now I come back to my room after class and set my backpack down and say to myself "Well, in for the night!" Did I mention 3 nights a week I get back at 3:30 from class?
What the heck is wrong with me?
There's no way I'm doing this college thing right. As our good friend Stacie Orrico would remind us, "There's gotta be more to life."
I need a hobby. Or some friends. Or both.
The thing is I still do just fine when I put things off. If I applied myself and put my whole heart in it, I could be Wonder-Student. But I know I can get by without that effort. Grr.
So here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to get exactly halfway finished with this paper. Then I am going to shower and come back to it and complete it. I will give up on reading the rest of Plato tonight because it makes me feel like my brain is nacho cheese and I hate that stuff. I will read John Locke's section in the philosophy book and write my reflection on that. Not only is it shorter than Plato's section, I have high hopes it will be less nacho cheese brain inducing. I will read an overview online of both of them. Then I will take a photo of the sheets I didn't scan in for this UNV180 portfolio instead of going to the library to scan them.
Tomorrow I will do a once over for sure that I have stuff done. I really should do work on my essay that I have a conference about on Tuesday but I know I won't do that tonight so I won't say I'm going to. Here we go- back to the essay. Wish me luck!
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