Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Day 2: An Education

Good Morning Class!  Today we're going to explore how to procrastinate. 

To begin your procrastination journey, write the due date of whatever the task is on your calendar.  For good measure, stick it on a post-it note on your mirror, too, so you see it every day.

Next, set yourself a schedule so you know when you need to have certain tasks complete on the journey to final project completion.  Ignore this schedule.

Third, spend at least a few minutes every morning and evening staring at your calendar, counting the days that you have left to complete the task.

Fourth, schedule an entire weekend to complete the entire project.  Prepare yourself by scheduling library time, and making a list of supplies you'll need to pick up in order to complete the project.

Then, when said weekend arrives, distract yourself by watching old movies you DVRd, and spending time on Pinterest and reading your blog statistics to see how quickly they change.

Finally, the night before the project is due, spend an exorbitant amount of time totally anxious, to the point of a panic attack.  Once said attack has passed, turn some music on really loudly to drown out all the negative voices in your head, and get to work.  Stay up as late as possible (midnight or one o'clock in the morning) and set your alarm for an hour and a half early, just to add the finishing touches.

When you turn said project in, you will feel a huge sense of relief for completing it.  You will promise yourself never, ever, ever to do that much procrastinating again.  This, of course, will go completely out the window when you get the A on your project, and realize that procrastination really is ok.  If only you could do something about the accompanying panic attacks......


Day 2 Prompt: Educate us on something you know a lot about or are good at. Take any approach you'd like (serious and educational or funny and sarcastic.)

10 comments:

  1. Tee hee - a very informative post! ;)

    Maybe you'd never do such a good job on things if you did it early though - the pressure might spark your creativity. Maybe?

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    1. I totally agree! I seem (regrettably) to work best under pressure?)

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  2. I like how you put the prompt at the end of your post. Seems like that allows you to freedom to approach the theme how you please.

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    1. Thanks! Sometimes the prompts are helpful and playful.... and you'll see how easy the words seem to come. Other times? I could put the prompt front and center, stare at it for a few days, and still nothing!

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  3. I wrote myself a note to stop by today and then I thought a note might be lost in the clutter so I put in on my calendar and thought I might not have a chance to get back and check my calendar so I sent myself an email to remind me to visit and when I got the email I was rather busy ... so I decided to stop putting off the visit 'cause I was so curious about the horses, and the dog babysitter and well, you left me hangin' LOL! Loved your post ... again!

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    1. You crack me up! Horses and dog babysitter - I know where to head with my life story next!

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  4. I know I've procrastinated too much when I start to avoid my email. I saw myself in this. A lot!

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    1. Oooh! You are so right! Email procrastination is the worst and I am sooo good at avoiding my email when I'm stressed! Thanks for stopping by!

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  5. Coming from a procrastinator, I can say that I totally appreciate this!!

    I'm the one that waits until a handful of hours before a paper is due, to actually begin it! I'll admit though, that most of my work is done that way - and I get really good grades. The pressure is what forces me to do well, I think!

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    1. I totally agree with you on the pressure! It seems to be the only way I get stuff done!

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