2008 Woodie Awards
Putting off work is gift and curse
Jackie Reitmeier
Issue date: 10/18/07 Section: Opinions
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I was voted "Biggest Procrastinator" by my senior class.
It is an award I am altogether proud of, because apparently my classmates could distinguish this characteristic in me, yet I am not one to typically brag about this award. As I continue on my way to becoming a real, experienced college student, I am learning very quickly that procrastination is my largest downfall.
Where does the urge to procrastinate come from? Is it a simple lack of motivation? Or does it come from a deeper need to just do nothing at all besides surf the pages of Facebook and wander aimlessly through the cable channels? I think it comes from both sides of the spectrum.
To be a procrastinator has nothing to do with being an unable student. One of the smartest boys in my graduating class put every possible assignment off to the last second, yet managed to be on top of the other 112 students. It was an amazing gift I was quite jealous of.
I have procrastinated to the fullest since my arrival on campus, despite my strongest mental efforts to steer away from that personal flaw. It has, yet again, sucked me back into the urges of waiting and wasting the seemingly endless time away.
Yes sir, I am perfectly capable of sitting down and writing that paper for my art class, but will I do it tonight? When I have no other commitments besides catching up on the latest episodes of "Grey's Anatomy?" I doubt that.
Will I do it this weekend when time allows for me to sit down and really plan out an adequate paper that will be worthy of astounding remarks? Most likely not.
A curse indeed. Procrastination is no laughing matter and can get you into heaps of trouble as far as passing classes go. But the day you can sit down and throw out that A+ paper in two hours flat? You have become one of us. So celebrate the curse. There are few who can.
It is an award I am altogether proud of, because apparently my classmates could distinguish this characteristic in me, yet I am not one to typically brag about this award. As I continue on my way to becoming a real, experienced college student, I am learning very quickly that procrastination is my largest downfall.
Where does the urge to procrastinate come from? Is it a simple lack of motivation? Or does it come from a deeper need to just do nothing at all besides surf the pages of Facebook and wander aimlessly through the cable channels? I think it comes from both sides of the spectrum.
To be a procrastinator has nothing to do with being an unable student. One of the smartest boys in my graduating class put every possible assignment off to the last second, yet managed to be on top of the other 112 students. It was an amazing gift I was quite jealous of.
I have procrastinated to the fullest since my arrival on campus, despite my strongest mental efforts to steer away from that personal flaw. It has, yet again, sucked me back into the urges of waiting and wasting the seemingly endless time away.
Yes sir, I am perfectly capable of sitting down and writing that paper for my art class, but will I do it tonight? When I have no other commitments besides catching up on the latest episodes of "Grey's Anatomy?" I doubt that.
Will I do it this weekend when time allows for me to sit down and really plan out an adequate paper that will be worthy of astounding remarks? Most likely not.
A curse indeed. Procrastination is no laughing matter and can get you into heaps of trouble as far as passing classes go. But the day you can sit down and throw out that A+ paper in two hours flat? You have become one of us. So celebrate the curse. There are few who can.