"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Procrastination

~"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light somewhere nearby."
~Ruth E. Renkee

I don't understand the idea of procrastination. Yes, I do it-every single day. Even now, I am 'taking a break' from the homework I should be doing; homework that should have been done last week. Actually, I'm not behind, just have four tests in the next week or so that I need to study for. And even though my studying can't actually be 'done' and marked off my list of things to do until I take the test, I should have started a while ago.

I understand not wanting to do something. Everyday I would rather read a good book, watch a TV show, or take a nap instead of doing my homework. What doesn't make sense is the putting off what I have to do. Yes, I may be able to read a book in a night or crank out a paper in two or three hours but the stress leading up to it is pointless. If only I did my homework and then watched the TV show-then I would enjoy the show that much more. I have to do my homework anyway. Procrastinating doesn't make it go away...sadly :)

I think part of it is my being afraid of not having something to do. When I almost get done with my to-do-list I worry because I don't know what I'll do when I'm done. I guess I think it is better to enjoy life among the other things. Taking breaks makes the day better-rather than killing myself for a day doing everything I have to and having a lot of free time in which I only feel lazy. But I don't know what is better.

I realize my to-do-list will never be done. I figure there will always be something I am procrastinating. Doesn't everyone do that? How in the world do you avoid it?
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