The chairs are arranged in a sloppy circle all facing inward. Each seat is occupied by a student. Some of them allow their eyes to wander around the room probably singing a little tune in their heads as they pay my no attention. Some are sneaking shots of whisky while others are trapped in a constant loop of sitting up with a quick jerk and hesitantly descending back into slumber. All of them look like me: bedraggled with dark circles painted prominently beneath both eyes, wild manes of hair that haven't felt a comb in days, donning sweat pants and t-shirts that envelope stomachs full of coffee and other caffeinated beverages. I clear my throat.
"Hi. My name's Lacey and I'm a procrastinator."
"Hi Lacey," they mumble back robotically.
This is the help group that I imagine I would be a part of if it existed here in college. I'm not proud of my procrastinating tendencies. And I certainly hate staying up until the wee hours of the night trying to complete tasks I put off (See this morning's Twitter post: 'Hello again 3am. I didn't miss you #tired) . It's not because I am lazy, but because I get too stressed out by assignments, big and small, that I just keep putting them off to avoid that stress. Now I know what youre thinking: "Don't you realize by now that stress is minimal when the assignment is first given because you have so much time? The apex of stress occurs when the assignment is still not done and due in a few short hours."
You are correct. That is the truth. it is also true that I have tried to change my ways and not procrastinate. But multiple failures have lead me to continue putting things off to the last minute. Now I may have sold you on the idea that my work is shitty. This however is not true. While I do waste a lot of time I think I work best under stress and pressure and still manage to get everything done pretty well. Some of my best work was procrastinated.
I'll be honest. I did my interview with Professor Tweedie today even thought we were supposed to have our interviews completed over break. I think I had a better interview this way. Why is that? Because I knew I didn't have any time to go back and ask him more questions so I tailored my questions to receive the best possible answers. If I knew that I had plenty of time, I probably wouldnt have taken the interview so seriously. But I didn't have time to mess around. I had to meet with him, get as much as possible from the interview and go. Because I went in with this mindset, I think I received lots of good feedback. And, I still had the interview completed before class. I have completed each assignment before class and received 2 gold star blog awards.
I have already planned out my week for when I will get things done. I don't usually stick to my to-do lists, but since I have made room for the culminating project I will hopefully still do it in that time frame despite getting an extra week to work on it.
Right now, my biggest obstacle is finding info specifically on writing arts professors. most info I'm finding is for writers and for communications professors.
"Hi. My name's Lacey and I'm a procrastinator."
"Hi Lacey," they mumble back robotically.
This is the help group that I imagine I would be a part of if it existed here in college. I'm not proud of my procrastinating tendencies. And I certainly hate staying up until the wee hours of the night trying to complete tasks I put off (See this morning's Twitter post: 'Hello again 3am. I didn't miss you #tired) . It's not because I am lazy, but because I get too stressed out by assignments, big and small, that I just keep putting them off to avoid that stress. Now I know what youre thinking: "Don't you realize by now that stress is minimal when the assignment is first given because you have so much time? The apex of stress occurs when the assignment is still not done and due in a few short hours."
You are correct. That is the truth. it is also true that I have tried to change my ways and not procrastinate. But multiple failures have lead me to continue putting things off to the last minute. Now I may have sold you on the idea that my work is shitty. This however is not true. While I do waste a lot of time I think I work best under stress and pressure and still manage to get everything done pretty well. Some of my best work was procrastinated.
I'll be honest. I did my interview with Professor Tweedie today even thought we were supposed to have our interviews completed over break. I think I had a better interview this way. Why is that? Because I knew I didn't have any time to go back and ask him more questions so I tailored my questions to receive the best possible answers. If I knew that I had plenty of time, I probably wouldnt have taken the interview so seriously. But I didn't have time to mess around. I had to meet with him, get as much as possible from the interview and go. Because I went in with this mindset, I think I received lots of good feedback. And, I still had the interview completed before class. I have completed each assignment before class and received 2 gold star blog awards.
I have already planned out my week for when I will get things done. I don't usually stick to my to-do lists, but since I have made room for the culminating project I will hopefully still do it in that time frame despite getting an extra week to work on it.
Right now, my biggest obstacle is finding info specifically on writing arts professors. most info I'm finding is for writers and for communications professors.
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