A Race against Time
Happy Birthday tinamishi! I hope you had a great birthday and that this year will be a successful one :) Hopefully you'll get a lot of wonderful fandom presents as well (sv really cant come fast enough) ;) I've really enjoyed reading your writing and can't wait to see more.
In other news, I have a jam packed evening today. The question is, can I get it done? I have to finish my 5-10 double spaced research paper (which Ive majorly procrastinated on, so yes it is all my fault) and write about 7+ paragraphs plus a works cited and bibliography and a whole bunch of notecards filled down with used info and make sure all my work reads coherently. Add to that I have a chem test tomorrow I must study for as that grade was my only blemish on the grades scale. To top it off, there is no way Im going to be able to do all of this straight through without totally stressing out so I need a bit of a break i.e Everwood time with studying during the commercials.
My biggest trouble with these kind of projects is that I try too hard to be a perfectionist and I just can't do that when I don't have enough time. When I naturally can't get my high standards accomplished it just makes me disappointed and more stressed. I need to just try to get stuff done which means just write things, dont read everything and feel overwhelmed by everything and how I can possibly get it into something thats amazing and deep and perfect which realistically, isn't needed to get a decent grade. If I want to really get into my subject I can always look into it later. So basically following three rules right now:
1) Don't Be a Perfectionist!!!
2) Write it down.
3) Don't give up.
I can only hope and try my best to succeed in the limited time I have.
In other news, I have a jam packed evening today. The question is, can I get it done? I have to finish my 5-10 double spaced research paper (which Ive majorly procrastinated on, so yes it is all my fault) and write about 7+ paragraphs plus a works cited and bibliography and a whole bunch of notecards filled down with used info and make sure all my work reads coherently. Add to that I have a chem test tomorrow I must study for as that grade was my only blemish on the grades scale. To top it off, there is no way Im going to be able to do all of this straight through without totally stressing out so I need a bit of a break i.e Everwood time with studying during the commercials.
My biggest trouble with these kind of projects is that I try too hard to be a perfectionist and I just can't do that when I don't have enough time. When I naturally can't get my high standards accomplished it just makes me disappointed and more stressed. I need to just try to get stuff done which means just write things, dont read everything and feel overwhelmed by everything and how I can possibly get it into something thats amazing and deep and perfect which realistically, isn't needed to get a decent grade. If I want to really get into my subject I can always look into it later. So basically following three rules right now:
1) Don't Be a Perfectionist!!!
2) Write it down.
3) Don't give up.
I can only hope and try my best to succeed in the limited time I have.