First off, don't stop commenting on Laura's last entry. I think it deserves some serious discussion. But...
Okay, so I should be doing homework right now. I really should, but instead I'm blogging. And checking email. And looking at other people's blogs. And listening to music. And... you get the picture.
Last year, I was the most dilligent student ever. Okay, not exactly, but I worked really hard. Ask Marcella. Fast forward to this year, and I'm awful. I don't do all of my reading (and by that I mean I do about half). I put off writing papers until the night before they're due. I sleep instead of catching up. I don 't study for tests (or at least, I study very little).
Now to the question, why do I do this? Is there something about college that makes me lazy? I know I'm not the only one here. Why do we procrastinate? We're supposed to be adults, learn responsibility and all that. So why do we put everything off until the last minute? And is this always a bad thing?
Okay, I'm going to do homework now. Seriously.
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In light of what the other conversation we're having is about I think I should just say I'm kidding before anyone reads this... That was the disclaimer...
Mainly kidding?! Only because you know you can't have anymore control over her than you already have!!! :):D Oh boy. That's sad... like something...
I think everyone should be ready for avoid the boys/Starbucks night. That's coming up on Thursday. Clear you schedules! Just a friendly reminder that we should continue this until it becomes a habit.
(I promise I'll comment more on the procrastination in awhile, Friend.)
I'm currently procrastinating studying for Dr. Mann's Media Issues test which is going to be a killer. But I am now going to go get to work so I can later study for Bible and do other homework...and I promised myself I'd get off 10 minutes ago. But I'll throw in my two cents worth of psychoanalyzation for the fun of it. Perhaps one reason we procrastinate is becuse we are afraid of the task. In some subconscious way, we are scared that we won't be able to accomplish what we set out to do. Maybe we convince ourselves that learning isn't fun. Maybe, we've set our standard at how can do well with the least amount of effort? All of us here are good students, but maybe we have put the bar too low...that we do not strive for learning as much as we can, and being more prepared if we can get away without learning/preparing as much. This is for me a huge issue because I am probably one of the worst procrastinators...and am now feeling the weight and pressure of said built up unaccomplished tasks, so I will now go do them. As Sarah said, Seriously.
So after procrastinating on the procrastination blog, I am now ready to comment on the subject. I know, I know. I'm excited too.
I've always been a procrastinator. I still get things done. You all obviously knew this because of my sleeping patterns... Because of my background I can't really say that I'm an expert. Ha. I, too, though have some trouble coming to a conclusion on whether or not this is a bad thing. One part of me says there are benefits! I don't know how great I'd be at dealing with things on the spur of the moment if I hadn't procrastinated. Then I think maybe I'm just trying to justify. That may be true.
I think, like everything else, it's important to think about how our habits affect other people around us. If we're hurting someone else by procrastinating then we're wrong, I think. In the same way if we're making ourselves stress out so that we can't deal or get along with people, we're wrong.
I think we procrastinate because we can. There are a lot of things going on, so excuses are easy to come up with. I'm not sure if this makes us lazy, or just unfocused. Maybe it makes us something else. Another thing that I think it's really important to be careful of being lazy, though. That's wrong. I also think it's wrong to stop caring about things like responsibilities. Thos are things we should be aware of a lot. I don't think I addressed all of the questions that were put forth. Apologies.
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