Procrastination

Here I am, blogging instead of studying.

I've been telling myself to start studying for an upcoming exam. Yesterday I did alright, catching up on all the reading I missed. But today seems to be a washout.

What is it about procrastination? I've found that I'm always putting off studying, especially the night before an exam. It gets so bad that I'll often clean my room before I'll crack open the books. This leads to problems in and of itself; I've always considered my room a fun place to be, so I get distracted by random things I find while cleaning. Books and magazines are usually the worst for distracting me.

I've found the internet has also been one of the worst places of procrastination as well. Instead of working on an assignment, I'll find myself chatting, checking my email a million times, or playing online games. I noticed the other day, when I needed to check my email really quickly before getting back to work, that about a half hour passed in the blink of an eye!

So why do I keep procrastinating? I could say that I'm a perfectionist who is terrified of producing something less than perfect. But I know I'm not. Or maybe I'm afraid of failing, so I don't want to start anything. But I know that's not it, either. I think what it all comes down to is that whatever I have to do, I find boring.

This is really a stupid reason to procrastinate. Putting something off because it's boring doesn't make it go away. It just drags it out longer, so, in the end, you have less time to do something fun.

So maybe it's time to go and study...