Showing posts with label procrastination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label procrastination. Show all posts

Thursday, September 19, 2013

You're not gonna believe this!

If you know me well at all, you know I procrastinate. Throughout my career as an undergrad, I have justified it by pointing out that I always did better on the papers I wrote the night before they were due and often did better on tests when I crammed the night before. The problem with doing that is extra stress. Working a full-time job and being a full-time grad student is stressful enough; I don't need the extra stress of procrastination. Granted, I usually finish reading my chapters on Sunday and Monday nights. There is a good reason for that. If I read the chapters at the beginning of the week, I'll forget what I read by the next week when it's time to take the tests. I pace myself. And I try to get the assignments for my web class, Teaching with Emerging Technologies, done early. This week, I actually accomplished that goal. I even took a screen shot to prove it.


Now I have more time for researching and working on the final project. Don't ask me to explain it. Even though I've read the assignment a few times, I don't really remember exactly what the project is. I also need to get all my research done for Human Growth and Development. I don't want to get stuck not having enough resources and not be able to get something soon enough through inter-library loan. 

I'm actually pretty proud of myself. I guess trusting God is helping me grow in more ways than one.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

So much for a relaxing holiday . . .

Well, my Week 1 assignments for my online class were due by 11:30 pm. After being completely unproductive yesterday, I felt a little pressured today. Apparently, as usual, I was stressing about nothing. I submitted my assignments a little before 8:30. By 9:00, I had a notification on my phone that a grade was posted. To my surprise, I got 50 out of 50 points. Now I have a chapter to read and write a 5-8 page paper about what I got out of the chapter, plus read the chapter for the test Tuesday evening. Friday night I was thinking that I may not have to do homework Monday. I have apparently procrastinated too long. Writing the paper itself probably won't take more than a couple hours. The long part will be the reading. That makes it sound like I don't like to read. I love to read! The thing is, I don't love to read just anything. I love to read things that interest me. The first couple articles I had to read this week were not interesting; fortunately, the other two were. Now, let's hope the human growth and development chapters aren't boring.

I had no real lesson or epiphany today. It doesn't happen every day. But I know that God loves me, no matter how long I procrastinate or stress about writing papers or other homework.

Have a happy Labor Day!