Procrastination, It's a Problem

I really have no idea what to blog about tonight. Well, maybe I could blog about procrastination. Yes, that would be a fitting topic to blog about, since it's almost 11:oo and I am just starting my last blog for the week. Procrastination is one of the things I have struggled with for as long as their have been deadlines and due dates in my life. I always, pretty much always, wait until the last possible minute to start any sort of project. Even when I try to start something on time, finishing the actual project always gets pushed to the last possible moment. I read something in a magazine once that procrastination could be a part of being a perfectionist. The fear of something not being perfect prevents you from even beginning the task. You wait and wait until you just have to finish the assignment and turn it in. I think that this is the case with my short story. I came up with an idea weeks ago, but I'm still in the process of getting all the words down. I'll finish it, I always do, but, like always, it will take a while for me to get there. I think that if I can finish my story tonight, I can tweak it in the morning. It should be fine, I hope. I used to tell myself that I simply work better under pressure, but that's not really the case. My work would be just the same if I did it a week before it was due, instead of hours before it was due. I'm trying, I'm really trying, to get better at my time management skills and not waiting until the last possible second. But, I think it is a change that will take some time. I can't change 15 years of bad habits in an instant. One day, everything will be done on time. I'm not quite sure when that day will be, but it'll be soon. Well, maybe not soon, I still have 3 more years of high school, plus 4 years of college and however many years it'll take for me to get whatever other degrees I want, Hmm, maybe I'll be 30 by the time I am able to kick my prograstonation habit. Or maybe I'll never kick it completely, but at the very least I can get somewhat better. Well, I guess I should get back to my story now. I'm excited to have it finished, since then I can share it with people and stop trying to explain the plot to them. :)

- Katie :)