King of Procrasti-Nation

Ever since I was young, I procrastinated. When I was in grammar/high school, I would tell myself that I did my best work under pressure. That, of course, was just my own way of justifying not doing something until the last minute. Unfortunately, I was actually good enough to do homework (or cramming) just before it was due and still get a decent grade. Also, I had friends who seemingly did the same thing, and they actually did even better (I've always had smart friends). I say "unfortunate" because this only reinforced the bad behavior. Not having learned that it's better to start something right away and take the time to properly work through it, I continued my bad habits through college. Again, I got decent grades, but I honestly didn't do as well as I could've if I had had better study habits. I am not proud of the MANY all-nighters I had to pull to finish a paper.

Another of my - let's say 'quirks' - is that, if something's tough, I tend to procrastinate even more. Talk about putting things off, it took me over a year to paint three walls of our livingroom after I finished the first one. Whatever it is, I will think every day about doing it, feel guilty about not doing it, even talk about how I'm not doing it, but still I will keep putting it off.

Why I'm writing about this now is because I actually started a blog entry on Oct 7 - a diatribe about greed (and possibly feminism) - but still haven't finished it. It got tough trying to organize all my thoughts on the subject (in general, I don't like it), so I put writing it off. And off. And off. As a result, I haven't done any blog entries since then. I was hoping that this blog would help me, but instead it is just one more thing I have to feel guilty about not doing. Ugh.

I guess another problem is that I'm not quite as outraged about the political situation as I was. Yes, there is still a TON to be angry about, but I know whom I'm voting for, and at this point he has the momentum to probably win (knock on wood).

I'd write more on the subject, if only I could finish the other blog entry...