I'm sitting in a coffee house working on my argumentative research paper that is due tomorrow. It's more of an analysis of a published article. I have had a week to work on it. Yet here I sit, completely uninspired to write my thoughts. I have them all worked out but I don't have the motivation to put them together. Are you one of those people that would put it all together at midnight the night before it is due? I do this almost everytime. I stress everyday until about 8 hours before its due....then I smoke and get inspired and throw down some excellent stuff. I need to be motivated to write this damn thing.
Me too. But not on everything. I had my house packed a month before we moved, lol! I've gotten a couple paragraphs thrown together but its hard with so much activity on the streets. I wanna people watch and eavesdrop on convos around me. The breeze feels so good that I just want to melt into the moments instead of writing about Flogging.
I'm a master of balancing proper planning and execution with last minute brilliant production. Its the only reason I've survived 45 years.
That sounds so familiar.. I always promise to myself to stop procrastinating so much but it's just so easy to fall into it.. This year, I shouldn't even have time for that, I've got a 6,000 word paper due every three weeks or so.. but I bet I'll still end up mastering the art of procrastination once again.. Anyhow, good luck with your paper Marie
LOL! 6000 words. EEK! What are you studying? Thanks for the luck. As this mocha kicks in....the thoughts are becoming more adhesive. Unfortunately...in about 10 minutes I have to get my ass to work and I will obsess about it then but not be able to finish. The bad part of this habit though is I will go home and stress out about it this evening....and inevidably take it out on the kids. Though its my fault, I get this attitude of "Can't you see I am doing something very important!" Eh, I am most of the way done now though. Being a perfectionist sucks.
Mmm mocha.. At least you have all the thoughts in your head and know what you're going to write, right? It's way worse when you're just staring at a blank page with an empty head. What is this paper for? I've just started grad school, I'm doing anthropology, and development and human rights studies. I don't mind writing lots of essays, I secretly enjoy the stress and it does give me a good excuse to sit in a café all day and drink vanilla lattes..
I'd worry too much about finishing something to procrastinate; If I have something to do I always get it done as soon as I can. My piano teacher's other students would procrastinate learning their pieces, and you could tell come recital. I was a stickler about it though; I practiced my ass off months in advance and then I kicked some serious butt.
yeah, we've had about two weeks to write this english paper, rough draft was due tuesday, final copy due tomorrow, and I stayed up all monday night doing it, went to class like a zombie tuesday morning........... I hope I break this cycle and start doing my papers in a more timely fashion lol it's just so hard to write a paper you don't feel like writing about a topic you don't have any interest in......
I just drink a few shots of espresso and start at it, hopefully I get on a role and I forget I don’t want to be doing it. I like smoking but only when I have mindless stuff to do getting stoned leads to technical mistakes for me.But when I have mindless stuff to do smoking is the best.
That is the thing. I really like writing papers. So it is that I want to do it....I just don't seem to really get motivated until the last second. Few shots of espresso would have my amped up like crystal meth. I am a one cup of coffee person. I was going to smoke and do it last night...but I pulled something in my shoulder, was tired from not having enough sleep the night before, stuck in a little funk because of my own economic problems, and just feeling sorry for myself. Good thing I slept good last night.
