Today is revelation day! YAYY!! but not really. I just was thinking about what to write and I noticed I was goofing off. From this I have learned:
A: I'm really good at procrastination
B: That's not a good thing.
C: Youtube has some REALLY weird stuff on it.
Aside of this I've noticed my tendencies for work. I like to put things off; to wait until the last minute, and throw crap together. Usually it ends up pretty good. But sometimes it's barely a percent of what I can do. I don't really like to work hard at something, or do any planning whatsoever. Sure, I can appreciate a day of hard work, but honestly, sometimes I'd rather sit down and do NOTHING. To sum all that up in a sentence:
I'm really fucking lazy.
So what do I do? How does one defeat laziness? I've no great answer for you. For me, I just gotta convince myself I want to do it. Easy, no? Well not really very easy at all. Who in their right mind wants to do math homework at 4:59 in the morning? Not me, and I'd guess not you either. But then, who really WANTS to do math homework?
Where does that leave me? Doing things I like. For example: Drawing. Funnest shit ever. When I draw I can go for hours on end, just scribbling and erasing and crafting the perfect image. (No, nothing I do is ever PERFECT) {Got an idea for my next blog now, HURRAH!} But it's a little more complex to write for hours on end. I can do it, but it's more... rare. Think of artistic talent as gas in your car. Doodle through class, minus a gallon. Paint a picture, minus four. Write for an hour? You're out of Gas there buddy, and your wallet fell out the window. Come back tomorrow.
And for writing it's not like you can say "Okay, I've got a full tank, I'll make it". Sometimes it's raining and your tires pop. Sometimes your computer explodes into tiny little pieces and you lose everything. Sometimes it's sunny and you have just enough gas to make it to where you wanna go.
I can occasionally force the words to come out, but it isn't like when they want to come out. Think of a cat. They can sit around all day, and, for some, you can poke and prod them and they might shoot you a withering look. But as soon as they want to be gone: "Beep beep" they are road-runner GONE. Same thing with writing, for me. The words can sweep me away or I can drag them along. Recently, it's been more the dragging. I need to write. Maybe I will tonight?
Anyway, these blogs are kind of... pointless. So for those of you that actually read mine, thanks for listening to my blathering, AGAIN.
Haha Yeah I totally know what you mean! Especially on those crazy perfect days where it's all sunny and warm outside but I'm stuck inside... calculating where an arrow will land if I launch it in physics...
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It's great that teachers are trying to "prepare us for the future" and all that crap, but when do you actually get to live in the moment you know?
duude i feel the same exact way i dont know how we r gona get through our part of the play!
ReplyDeleteSo I totally understand what you are talking about and agree with it entirely. As a junior with way too many extra-curricular activities and advanced classes than any normal person would want, I had a lot of trouble with motivation. And I basically came up with a few tricks to motivate myself. First, I drink Arizona Iced Tea. It kind of became a trigger telling me "I'm drinking the tea, so I have to do homework now". Then I also set goals and deadlines for myself. And I give myself rewards-whether it be finally eating dinner or just going on youtube, it generally works. However, you can throw all of these tips out the window and into the street to be run over if I just don't feel like doing homework. At all. On the flip side, once in a blue moon I just feel like doing homework. And when this happens, even if it is at midnight on a Saturday night, I have to take advantage of it. Because that is when I do my best work. ANYWAYS, motivation for homework can be weird. But I've found some ways to motivate myself, and I hope you've found a way too!
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