Getting Down to the Wire

One year ago I was sitting in the same chair at my same desk in my same student apartment saying to myself, "It's one more year of freedom."

Now, I am sitting here in my chair, at my desk, looking at my cap and gown saying, "Where did the time go?" I sound like an older relative after they haven't seen me in a year or so at a family reunion.

My original graduation date was one year ago, almost to the day. However, I chose to take a second major after I found a passion for journalism. With each day that went by, I did work...or what I thought was work, since I've never had a "real" job bacuase my parents always said that school was my job.

But what now? I can't procrastinate anymore, and I can't add another year to my college career. Nope. As my father says, "The real world is gonna be knocking on your door pretty soon." How do I answer it? Where did the time go?

It's almost time to face to music, and the song that will be playing is Pomp and Circumstance.

Going Old School

I have a very strong bond with my family. But sometimes they forget what it’s like to be a young adult and they get upset when they don’t hear from me every day; this is especially true with my grandparents.

It’s not as if they don’t have my phone number, but I hear about how unsociable I have been every time I go back home. But recently, through my procrastination attempts, I found a quick and easy solution. E-mail!

Recently, I started a ritual. A few times a week, I will take five or ten minutes (away from work) to write an e-mail updating them how I am and asking how they have been. Not only does it make me feel better knowing that I am checking up on them, but apparently, it makes my grandparents day to hear from me.

So it just goes to show you that a little procrastination can go a long way.

Waiting til the Last Minute = 60 seconds of Work

Shiny ball syndrome is something that everyone goes through once in a while. For me…it happens a little more often than that.

A friend once told me that if you wait until the last minute to do your work, then you only have 60 seconds of work to do. I might not wait until the very last minute, but I am certainly guilty of waiting until the stress is too big to ignore.

Everything gets done in the end, but in the meantime I have become an expert at the act of procrastinating! And in this day and age of having technology literally at the tips of our fingers, the distractions from work are so accessible and abundant.

I have chosen to embrace my expertise in this blog and share some of the most entertaining ways to avoid work.

The following is a video of me and my roommates procrastinating on a night when we all had a lot of work that needed to be done, but did not get done until the next morning because we were too busy filming. Enjoy!