Wednesday, October 14, 2009

procrastination will be the death of me

My schedule is crazy, hectic this quarter. I'm basically going nonstop from interning, to working, and to classes until Thursday night. I only say Thursday night because I actually get to sleep in Friday, but then I work from 2:30 til who knows when. There is no time during the week before my classes to do my assignments, which leaves them to be completed on the weekends. This, I absolutely hate! I feel like if I were putting in all the time and effort required for my classes to keep up with readings and finish assignments prior to the day they're due, I'd have no time for a life. But, alas this is the way it's going to have to be. Twice now I've been frantically throwing together a paper Wednesday morning before class. Today, I even ended up skipping my 1:00 Seminar to finish a paper that I know is half-assed and not my best work. The sad thing is, I'll likely get a decent grade on the paper. This just reinforces my procrastination because I know I can get away with it. I've taken advantage of my college and graduate education and have not invested myself. Sure, I've gotten A's, but I didn't take much to heart. The assignment I had today was for a class that I'm really enjoying, despite the fact that it goes until 9pm. So I felt like I was cheating myself by not turning in my best work. I need to get a handle on it and use weekend afternoons to do some work or not watch so many movies on Friday nights. It would be better for me to have a social life rather than reading for leisure or watching movies, and right now one of the two has to go if I'm going to take school seriously.

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