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I spent over half the day today avoiding the huge amount of school work I have to accomplish this weekend. This is so frustrating to me, and it's something I struggle with constantly. Here's how it goes: I work a full time job and have a full load of classes as well. This means that as much as I try to accomplish tasks during the week, the bulk of it gets put off until I have a large chunk of "free" time on the weekend. However, I'm also generally exhausted by the time the weekend comes around. I can therefore normally justify getting nothing done on Friday nights. Then Saturday comes. I have a seemingly insurmountable amount of work to do, but it's the first time in a week that I haven't had to go to a day job. I go to spinning, lounge around with my coffee, check the internet, and generally waste time until close to noon. Then, I realize it's past noon and that I'll be working the rest of the day and into the evening. I get stressed about the amount I have to do and waste more time trying to calm myself down. Maybe I go out for a walk to clear my head. And then, it's Saturday night and I'm just getting started. This means Sunday is spent doing all of the things I feel like should have been done on Saturday and I'm now burnt out due to consistently feeling like I'm running behind. It's a double edged sword that begins with feelings of being overwhelmed and needing to excel and ends with somehow convincing myself that this is a burden rather than something I choose freely and actually enjoy learning about. How lame.
All of that being stated, progress is being made:
(1) I finished my brief this evening and now just have to review and write up my economic development assignment and complete my practice exercises with the GIS software.
(2) My planning law professor made a point to give me kudos in front of the rest of the class for my performance on the first case brief
(3)I am learning a ton and am close to being done with this degree!
(4) I have taken time to note the reasons I procrastinate (namely, my self-imposed, unrealistic expectations of perfection) and am getting a lot better at recognizing their negative impacts as they occur and dealing with them before they are reinforced by further procrastination.
(5) I went back to yoga this week, after neglecting it for 2 weeks. This has a cumulative effect of reducing my stress levels and makes me feel much better about the world and my place in it.
Alright, back to work for me. I want to read over my economic development materials before going to bed. "I-think-I-can! I-think-I-can!"
All of that being stated, progress is being made:
(1) I finished my brief this evening and now just have to review and write up my economic development assignment and complete my practice exercises with the GIS software.
(2) My planning law professor made a point to give me kudos in front of the rest of the class for my performance on the first case brief
(3)I am learning a ton and am close to being done with this degree!
(4) I have taken time to note the reasons I procrastinate (namely, my self-imposed, unrealistic expectations of perfection) and am getting a lot better at recognizing their negative impacts as they occur and dealing with them before they are reinforced by further procrastination.
(5) I went back to yoga this week, after neglecting it for 2 weeks. This has a cumulative effect of reducing my stress levels and makes me feel much better about the world and my place in it.
Alright, back to work for me. I want to read over my economic development materials before going to bed. "I-think-I-can! I-think-I-can!"