I’m one of those smart kids that teachers probably hate. I swear I’m always paying attention (well, mostly), but it doesn’t always seem so. Sometimes I’m doodling eyes (it’s creepy but I am just perfecting my eyelashes.), but most of the time I’m leaning on my arm, fighting to keep my eyes open.
Today, however, I vowed to change that. No matter what, my head would stay up. My head would not rest on my arm the entire day. I would spend the entire day up and alert. (Don’t say a word, Craig. I’m on to you)
This was harder than I expected. I don’t get a lot of sleep anymore, to the point of insomnia, so it’s hard enough to wake up in the mornings, let alone drag myself to school. During psychology alone, I caught myself starting to lean on my arm four times. But every time, I forced myself to lift the head so heavy with brains to an erect position.
Surprisingly, though, by keeping my head up high, I actually felt less tired. Concentrating my attention on simply keeping my head above desk level helped me forget, for a little while at least, that I was tired at all. After my psychology test, which I finished faster than normal by keeping my head up, I turned on my computer, started and finished my lit terms, and wrote 500 more words in my novel, finally breaking 100 pages. I felt so bizarrely productive, and I liked that.
Maybe I should start paying attention more often.
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…On second thought, never mind. That requires effort. But I might start doing this every once in a while, on those days when I’m really, really tired.
I wen t to high school with your grandmother, and she gave me your blog address. I hope you don’t mind. You have a great blog going here, and I am soooo impressed that you have 100 pages written of a novel! I, too, would like to write a novel, and I have two different ones started, but haven’t made that much progress. I spend too much time reading blogs!
I love your quote: Intelligence is the new sexy!
Good luck with your writing, and feel free to browse my blog if you like. Leave me a comment if you do, so I’ll know you dropped by.
I don’t see a way to follow your blog, so I guess I’ll put it in my favorites, because I always like to read what good writers are writing, and I’m getting the feeling you are one.
What an interesting experiment… I wonder how often I waste time simply thinking about all the things preventing me from doing something. Probably some time everyday… I complain a lot inwardly.