I'm writing this blog today because there are so many other things that I don't want to do. As a college student, I am faced with deadlines that, if attributable to classes and classwork that I really like, and want to do, I can meet or exceed with glee. I have to admit, at the risk of giving my Computer Technology instructor a big head, I love this class that requires me to bang out my thoughts on this blog site. Besides being an over the top, no holds barred, animal lover, the only activity that I love as much, is playing on my Dell, and learning about technology and computer stuff. I'm already way ahead of my blogging responsibilities, and could actually take a week or two off, but if I do that, I'm going to have to work on Accounting, or write that comparison/contrast paper about sloppiness versus neatness. I don't know anything about sloppiness, so I don't want to write that paper yet.
I'm good at thinking of other things to do instead of what I'm supposed to be doing. Instead of homework, today, I went to Brandon on a wild goose chase. I knew it was going to be a dead end before I left, but I went anyway. It was better than doing what I was supposed to. I always find ways to get out of my truly important work. Then, when I'm close to the deadline of when its supposed to be done, I panic. Sometimes I just kick into high gear and get it done, but other times I get grouchy and whiny.
I think, maybe, I have ADHD because I'm so easily distracted. Sometimes when I am busy studying, I walk into the kitchen for a glass of tea, or a snack, I'll see the dishes in the sink, and can't stop myself from putting them in the dishwasher. They weren't all that important before, when I put them in the sink, but now that I'm avoiding school work, it makes all the difference in the world that they get put in the dishwasher, and that the counters get wiped off. Then, sometimes, I can go back to my office and do school work, but if the assignment is particularly unpleasant, I have a hard time making myself go back to work. I'll see a dish towel on the counter and know that it surely needs to be in the washing machine, and then suddenly, I'll realize that there is a whole load of clothes in the dryer, and before I know it, I'm folding and putting up, and then, of course, the bed that never got made this morning is sticking out like a red, sore, thumb.
So far today, I've been in Brandon, gotten my whole house cleaned up, written my blog for 4 weeks from now, but I still haven't done my accounting homework, written that dumb English composition paper, my speech outline, or my medical transcription. What I need to do is find something that I find more objectionable than those college courses, so that I'll be forced to use one of those school assignments as a way to avoid doing the really objectionable task. I love college, but I'm ready to be finished with it. I'd rather that someone else take these classes, (except Computer Technology, of course) and just give me the grade. I'm smart enough to get the good grades myself, but I'm tired of doing all the homework.
I've been thinking a lot about retirement lately. I'd like to do it eventually. It's going to be hard for me because I spent all my retirement funds when I divorced my husband and moved to the south. I would like to think that someday I can buy myself a little piece of land, with a house or a trailer on it. My cats, dogs, and I could happily live out the rest of our lives.
When I was a teenager, way back in the '70's, communes were a big deal. The big hoopla was about living off the land. I guess that's one reason I moved to the south. Southerners have been living off the land for centuries, haven't they? I'm not great at gardening. I usually manage to kill the real plants, while nurturing the weeds. I think if I just let it all grow, by the time the vegetables begin to bear fruit, I should know the difference. Then, of course, Ill have to learn how to "put up" vegetables. Maybe, since I'm done blogging, I should Google "putting up vegetables". That subject has got to be better than studying accounting.
I'm good at thinking of other things to do instead of what I'm supposed to be doing. Instead of homework, today, I went to Brandon on a wild goose chase. I knew it was going to be a dead end before I left, but I went anyway. It was better than doing what I was supposed to. I always find ways to get out of my truly important work. Then, when I'm close to the deadline of when its supposed to be done, I panic. Sometimes I just kick into high gear and get it done, but other times I get grouchy and whiny.
I think, maybe, I have ADHD because I'm so easily distracted. Sometimes when I am busy studying, I walk into the kitchen for a glass of tea, or a snack, I'll see the dishes in the sink, and can't stop myself from putting them in the dishwasher. They weren't all that important before, when I put them in the sink, but now that I'm avoiding school work, it makes all the difference in the world that they get put in the dishwasher, and that the counters get wiped off. Then, sometimes, I can go back to my office and do school work, but if the assignment is particularly unpleasant, I have a hard time making myself go back to work. I'll see a dish towel on the counter and know that it surely needs to be in the washing machine, and then suddenly, I'll realize that there is a whole load of clothes in the dryer, and before I know it, I'm folding and putting up, and then, of course, the bed that never got made this morning is sticking out like a red, sore, thumb.
So far today, I've been in Brandon, gotten my whole house cleaned up, written my blog for 4 weeks from now, but I still haven't done my accounting homework, written that dumb English composition paper, my speech outline, or my medical transcription. What I need to do is find something that I find more objectionable than those college courses, so that I'll be forced to use one of those school assignments as a way to avoid doing the really objectionable task. I love college, but I'm ready to be finished with it. I'd rather that someone else take these classes, (except Computer Technology, of course) and just give me the grade. I'm smart enough to get the good grades myself, but I'm tired of doing all the homework.
I've been thinking a lot about retirement lately. I'd like to do it eventually. It's going to be hard for me because I spent all my retirement funds when I divorced my husband and moved to the south. I would like to think that someday I can buy myself a little piece of land, with a house or a trailer on it. My cats, dogs, and I could happily live out the rest of our lives.
When I was a teenager, way back in the '70's, communes were a big deal. The big hoopla was about living off the land. I guess that's one reason I moved to the south. Southerners have been living off the land for centuries, haven't they? I'm not great at gardening. I usually manage to kill the real plants, while nurturing the weeds. I think if I just let it all grow, by the time the vegetables begin to bear fruit, I should know the difference. Then, of course, Ill have to learn how to "put up" vegetables. Maybe, since I'm done blogging, I should Google "putting up vegetables". That subject has got to be better than studying accounting.
4 comments:
Well, I suppose that we all have some procrastination tendencies, but I would rather do the stuff I don't like to do first. That is how I motivate myself to get those unpleasant things done. We all have our own way of dealing with those areas that we find difficult.
I try to keep up with everything and some days it is more overwhelming than I thought it would be. Lately it is getting very hard for me to get everything done. I have been changed around in my job and now it really is hard to get to all the school work and housework. I have spread myself really thin and I am trying to decide what to do next. I am ready to take a semester off. This semester has more than taxed my mind and body.
I try to force myself to do my homework earlier in the week, but after coming home from work and running unnecessary errands-I am flat out dog tired. My room looks like a tornado hit it and I got 3 weeks of laundry piled up. The only thing that gets done out of all of this is my homework.
I love your blog and sometimes you have to block out your surroundings and focus on what you are suppose to be doing. I find myself in a daze at times, but I have to get out of them and get what I need to get done. Keep up the good work and have a blessed day.
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