[78] When the sky is falling, don’t look outside

Given the opportunity, most all teenagers will procrastinate. Essay due in next Tuesday? I’ll wait ’til Monday night. Or at least, I used to wait.

Recently, I’ve been running a coalition against my teenage procrastination desires. During my morning release, I could be watching YouTube videos and wearing out my Stumble button. But instead, I do all of my known homework for that night. Not for the night before, the night approaching. It’s lessened my load at home exponentially, relieving me from having to carry textbooks to and from school every night.

But as productive as I’ve been, I’ve never really gone above and beyond. Done with my Psych notes for that night? YouTube, here I come! Even when I have Psych notes for the next day, I pretend they don’t exist. My work for now is done. Why work harder than I absolutely have to?

Today, however, this pattern changed. Instead of just doing to Gov notes allotment for tonight, I stretched myself a bit further to do the notes for tomorrow as well, finishing my Gov-note-taking for the entire week. This excites me tremendously, because this means that I’ll have more “me” time in the morning for the next two days. I might even get to write! (sidenote: I haven’t written in my novel for two weeks. This is stressing me out, and I dislike the feeling of being stressed out.)

Lesson learned: If time permits, go beyond the day’s allotted work. You’ll feel better the next day.

Bonus “try something new”: I painted my nails blue. I never paint my nails. I have no patience. But I am determined to try and develop a sense of it.