Procrastination

Ah the familiar feeling of procrastination.  Why do I procrastinate so badly?  What is it about that feeling of rushing to get something done in the last minute that makes me return to it again and again and again?  Sigh.

Admittedly, I've gotten somewhat better about it now, because rowing forces me to plan my time out or face imminent stress-related death and failure.  Yet still, whenever I find myself with free time and something important to do (like study for this stupid GeoSci exam), I usually end up doing everything except for that one little thing.  

Yet still, even as I recognize my own procrastination and wax pathetically on about it, I still won't change my ways.  Why?  Honestly, because I know I will get it done with little to no consequences for procrastinating.  The day that procrastination results in me getting anything lower than a B on a paper or test will be the day I stop doing it.  Until then, though, well, if procrastination keeps rewarding me, I will keep doing it.  Plain and simple.  Take this Geo Sci exam for example.  I could study tonight, but I know I'm going to get in plenty of studying for this exam before tomorrow at 3 even if I don't start right now.  It's a 30-question multiple choice test, and most of the questions were drawn straight from the previous quizzes and lecture notes.  Basically, I have to do some rote memorization of some trivial shit and that's that.  Thankfully, even in my old age my memory is still fairly sharp, so I'm really not planning on it taking too long or being too strenuous.  It is, however, boring.  Which is why I can't bring myself to do it now when there are so many more fun things to do, like write a new blog post!  

So far tonight here are some activities I have done that can't (correctly) be labeled "study for my geo sci exam":

• Watch last night's episode of Glee
• Download all the songs from the episode
• Get into a new-music downloading frenzy
• Update my iPod
• Update my Google Calendar
• Read a few ESPN articles (Urban Meyer stepping down?  So much more interesting than reading about microorganisms!)
• Facebook (obviously) 
• Eat (also obviously)
• Read Hyperbole and a Half (my new favorite website)

After doing that, I was kind of out of things to do, and so I was like, aha!  Perfect time to update my blog!  And write about procrastination!  Brilliant!

Will I regret this?  It's possible.  If I get to my GeoSci feeling anything short of totally prepared, I'll probably look back on this post and think "I'm an idiot." Otherwise, the answer is no, no not at all.  Procrastination is just a part of me now.  I might as well embrace it and figure out how to still run my life effectively while dealing with this terrible malady.  

A few random things and then I'll send you on your way:

1. Something I've taken to doing lately is putting tobasco sauce in things and then adding the word "spicy" to the name to make a new recipe.  Marinara sauce?  Add tobasco and VOILA:  "Spicy Marinara."   This is actually quite delicious...most of the time.  Basically, I'm a culinary genius.  
2. 8x500m is the devil's workout, created only to make my legs hurt and my lungs collapse.  I managed to somehow defeat this horrible workout today and now I'm so tired.  Maybe that's why I can't bring myself to do any real work.  Yeah, that's it....
3. I'm going to be 23 soon and I don't know how I feel about that.  On the one hand, 23 is still young (I guess) but I think this is the first time I've ever worried about the fact that I'm going to be 30 someday in the foreseeable future.  Someday, I will be old (not that 30=old, just generally speaking)...this frightens me.  
4. I've started listening to Christmas music again.  Once December comes around and the snow is falling freely it's time to bust out a few of the annual classics and jam.  

Well, that's all for now.  Maybe I'll go do some work (but probably  not).  

Baby, it's cold outside...

xoxo,

Lauren