May 19, 2006 12:34
the reason i leave stuff to the last second is because i don't have the feeling of immediacy that motivates me to start stuff at a reasonable time before the thing is due. it's the anxiety and worry associated with the concept of failing that sets me off to start something. But even in these stressful times in which i'm frantically cramming and typing, i can sometimes reassure myself that it will be ok, since i've been in similar situations. however, this reasurance makes me feel a little better and i find myself more easily distracted by music and other stuff. the internet in general, for example. what i need is a healthy balance of the feeling of immediacy combined with a desire to start things earlier and learn.
or, you could observe this behaviour as just a way to complete things. i think that it's probably too stressful to be considered an adequate way of completing assignments though.
human behaviour, it seems, is just ripe for conditioning. life is a giant struggle of acting the way we want to act in contrast to the way we usually do.