Sunday, October 19, 2008
Home Sweet Home
This weekend, I was home for the first time in two months. I hadn't realized how much I missed being home until I got there. It was nice, especially since I was able to have a relaxing weekend for once. But I got to enjoy some of the delicacies of home, such as Carol's chicken and dumplings and Robeks. I also got to visit some people at the dance academy and at my old job at Applebee's. I didn't find much different back home, except that Marissa has invaded my room at mom's, that gas is about 40 cents cheaper in the OP, and that Sugar, my cat, no longer likes me, even though I was by far her favorite before. Other than that, everything was pretty much the way I left it. I'm back in Manhappenin (aka Manhattan) for the next month, until I return home for Thanksgiving Break. And, by the way, I am expecting the most extravagant Thanksgiving Feast yet...so start planning! :)
Sunday, October 12, 2008
I'm BORED
Alright. Since I'm really bored right now, here's a little update on my life.
For the past five or six hours I have been surfing the Internet or talking on the phone. I should be writing a paper which is due on Tuesday, but I just don't have the energy. Not only am I exhausted after the busy weekend I had in Lawrence, my brain has completely shut down. So I'm sitting at the library, blogging and waiting for my friend Hayley to finish her homework because I am beyond ready to walk back to the dorm and go to bed. I have tried a couple times to get some work done, but I cannot even come up with a topic to write about. There is other homework I could do, but that just doesn't sound the least bit appealing. Therefore, I have decided that the odds of me ever getting anything done tonight are almost non-existant, so I am giving up. I know that tomorrow I will regret procrastinating, but I am just too tired and lazy to care right now.
Procrastination, by the way, is not as bad as people make it out to be. I happen to be an expert on the subject, and have found that leaving everything until the last minute gives me much more initiative to get it done once the pressure brought on by time sets in. Once I feel like I really need to get things done, I do. I turn into a machine and turn out some amazing work. Although I often find myself with some added stress, it almost always turns out perfectly fine in the end. By procrastinating I get some much needed rest and relaxation. Then, of course, I have another stressful, frustrating period of non-stop homework and studying, but it is all worth it later when I can relax, yet again. The one downfall to this plan is that I pretty much always underestimate how long it takes to get certain things done, which adds to the stress, frustration and sleep deprivation. However, another benefit is that by doing so much work in mass at the last minute, it feels that much better to finish. It is the best feeling in the world to get done with a ten-hour homework session, knowing that all there is left to do is sleep. I cannot think of a way to feel more accomplished.
While good time-management may be appealing to some people, I prefer my own method. After-all, it has always worked for me in the past. Why would I change such a good, trust-worthy technique for getting things done?
For the past five or six hours I have been surfing the Internet or talking on the phone. I should be writing a paper which is due on Tuesday, but I just don't have the energy. Not only am I exhausted after the busy weekend I had in Lawrence, my brain has completely shut down. So I'm sitting at the library, blogging and waiting for my friend Hayley to finish her homework because I am beyond ready to walk back to the dorm and go to bed. I have tried a couple times to get some work done, but I cannot even come up with a topic to write about. There is other homework I could do, but that just doesn't sound the least bit appealing. Therefore, I have decided that the odds of me ever getting anything done tonight are almost non-existant, so I am giving up. I know that tomorrow I will regret procrastinating, but I am just too tired and lazy to care right now.
Procrastination, by the way, is not as bad as people make it out to be. I happen to be an expert on the subject, and have found that leaving everything until the last minute gives me much more initiative to get it done once the pressure brought on by time sets in. Once I feel like I really need to get things done, I do. I turn into a machine and turn out some amazing work. Although I often find myself with some added stress, it almost always turns out perfectly fine in the end. By procrastinating I get some much needed rest and relaxation. Then, of course, I have another stressful, frustrating period of non-stop homework and studying, but it is all worth it later when I can relax, yet again. The one downfall to this plan is that I pretty much always underestimate how long it takes to get certain things done, which adds to the stress, frustration and sleep deprivation. However, another benefit is that by doing so much work in mass at the last minute, it feels that much better to finish. It is the best feeling in the world to get done with a ten-hour homework session, knowing that all there is left to do is sleep. I cannot think of a way to feel more accomplished.
While good time-management may be appealing to some people, I prefer my own method. After-all, it has always worked for me in the past. Why would I change such a good, trust-worthy technique for getting things done?
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