This week feels as though it has been the slowest week ever, in some part because I was coming home at the end of this week but mainly because I've had assignments to do.
No matter how hard I try, no matter how many times I think 'I'll get my essays done early this term' they always seem to end up being done a few weeks before being handed in. Why do I have to make things so stressful for myself?
This time around I have a small assignment which had to be handed in today, I have a 3000 word essay for next friday and a 2000 word assignment for the following thursday.
The thing about essays, for me, is that no matter how much I know on the subject, or how much prep work I've done, they always seem to be these massively daunting things, like 3000 words for an average term assignment, why so long?
Saying this however I always also seem to have a realisation usually about two-thirds, three-quarters of the way through the assignment, that actually it isn't so bad, and I will actually be able to get it finished in time. I just have to get two-thirds, three-quarters of the way through before feeling this relief.
Along with all of this chaotic essayness, the only other problem I've been having lately is lack of motivation. The only way I seem to be able to combat this is to set myself certain word targets everyday that I have to reach, and make dead sure that I do them.
I am the last person that would ever say that technology is a bad thing, but why do things like computers and phones have to be so appealing, and addictive. There really isn't anyway of ever just playing a round or 10 minutes of a game, once you start your there for an hour minimum.
Before anyone thinks it, me writing this blog isn't actually another attempt to procrastinate, I'm currently stood up on a train and about to get off in a few minutes, so I thought I'd use this time productively, and save my other time off of trains for doing work.
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