This may be a question that doesn't need to be asked...
...but I am finding out that I am the kind of person who likes to know things specifically. So the question is this:
Who here is a horrible procrastinator and just a student with all-around horrible, no-good, shitty study habits??
Anyone? Or just me?
If so, how do you manage with that kind of "habit" or did you ever get better about it? If so, ( Read more... )
Who here is a horrible procrastinator and just a student with all-around horrible, no-good, shitty study habits??
Anyone? Or just me?
If so, how do you manage with that kind of "habit" or did you ever get better about it? If so, ( Read more... )
For what it's worth, my scenario:
For years, I wanted to do NaNoWriMo but, on average, it can take up to six months for me to actually finish a ~3,500 word fic. I assumed that, because I wrote so slowly, I'd always be incapable of the actual challenge but that if I tried something with less pressure, just writing more during November for example, I'd be okay. The half-measures never worked, which did little for my confidence.
What I needed, it turns out, was a total shake-up of my world view. While warming up for NaNoWriMo this October, I came to the very belated realization that what everyone had been telling me -- that perfectionism is a curse, not a gift, and that things don't have to be perfect on the first or even, hell, the second try -- was actually true.
It's a stupid thing to have to discover this late in the game, but perfectionism has had a stranglehold on my academic career for most of my life.
I think what I'm trying to say is I took a chance on something that scared me but it's paying off emotionally now. I mean, there's always a risk, but...
Yeah.
I'll stop TL;DRing you now. ;)
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I'm feeling for me, too. It's like I never learn (either that or deep down I just don't care as much as I keep telling myself, which is unacceptable any way you shake it because too much has been spent on school and too much work has been put in it for me to NOT care, you know?)...
I've thought about that, too... Not to mention, me horoscope continues to keep telling me that, that I need to work hard if I really want something to happen rather than expecting it to be handed to me or something. Sometimes taking a risk is the only way to get things done and I guess I just need to start taking more of those...
I mean, it's pretty much the only thing I haven't done that much of and the other more careful method isn't really working so... why not? *lol* I also think it has to do with me learning to have enough confidence in myself to trust myself no matter the situation but also balance that with not overestimating my ability but also not undermining it.
Although it feels like I'm rambling now, lol. But I think I get what you're saying and thanks for saying it. :)
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