Why do tomorrow what you can put off until next week?
Ugh. God. Spent the past two days frantically trying to complete a paper on cerebral palsy for my semi-dreaded developmental disabilities class. I succeeded in touching upon multiple points, got the page count, did a good bibliography (though I was missing one or two sources--we were supposed to have six, I think I only had four? five?). But I still feel anxious about it.
I have horrible paper writing anxiety. I always worry and stress about it--and ultimately end up putting it off until the very last possible moment--despite being generally confident in my abilities with the written word. I feel like I don't know how to research well. My planning and time management skills are poor. So I just avoid, avoid, avoid... until the night before. Then it's race to paraphrase material from my sources (I almost never make notes or outlines or anything) before the stupid thing is due. Inevitably, I end up half-assing my way through the majority of the writing. Especially towards the end.
Next time I hope to get started much, much sooner. I could probably produce amazing work if I were given the time to think the process though at a more reasonable pace.
I have horrible paper writing anxiety. I always worry and stress about it--and ultimately end up putting it off until the very last possible moment--despite being generally confident in my abilities with the written word. I feel like I don't know how to research well. My planning and time management skills are poor. So I just avoid, avoid, avoid... until the night before. Then it's race to paraphrase material from my sources (I almost never make notes or outlines or anything) before the stupid thing is due. Inevitably, I end up half-assing my way through the majority of the writing. Especially towards the end.
Next time I hope to get started much, much sooner. I could probably produce amazing work if I were given the time to think the process though at a more reasonable pace.