I am a chronic procrastinator. For some unknown reason, procrastinating has always worked for me. I am not saying that I can sit down the night before an exam and be stress-free while looking over my notes- I am usually stressed to the max. However, I am able to use this stress as motivation to study. This works, but I know it isn't efficient or healthy for me.
This is always the dilemma for me: it is hard for me to just casually do work because I need stress for motivation, but the stress is beginning to take its toll on me. Recently, with the help of this class, it has been my goal to break this habit. The main reason I started this goal was because it would be impossible and incorrect to do 12 blog posts and 10 comments in a single night. Because of this, I have forced myself to evenly distribute the posts throughout the semester. Also, it would not be interesting to see my blog posts, which are supposed to be a representation of my growth throughout the semester, all clumped together in the last week of the semester.
So how has this been working for me? Well, I'm not going to lie, it was extremely difficult at first. I would come up with excuses such as "well... I have a big test this week so there's no way I can do a post." Eventually, I began to make progress. The biggest thing that helped me break the cycle of procrastination was looking forward to finals week. If I left a lot of my work in this class for that week along with 6 final exams, I would fail miserably. I began to see it as the sooner I finish these things, the more time I'll have to study for my two big organic chemistry finals.
All in all, I think I have taken a large dent out of my procrastination habit. Last week, I even began to make study guides and note cards for my other exams (something that I usually wait until dead days to do). I hope I can keep myself focused on this goal of mine. I have noticed that it leaves me more time to have fun, so I plan to use this as my motivation in the future.
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