Procrastinating

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Written by: Raihan

Firstly, apologies for not posting for some time. Infact I just offhandedly remembered today that I was still meant to write, and ironically was reminded today too as an ultimatum :S
I'm not too good with this whole commitment thing. It's not because I don't want to be commited, or don't like it enough (which is often the normal reason for lack of commitment), it's just I'm terrible at it. And remembering things in general for that matter. I swear I would forget all my music lessons each week (I have 2 currently, but I used to have 4 a week) if it wasn't for the fact that they're engraved in my mum's diary and it's a tad hard for me to 'forget' them... And actually, last year I completely forgot that my own birthday was coming up until my friend (who shares the same birthday) was telling me how excited he was during the week following up to it. I'm not trying to make up excuses here, it's just how I am :/
Which you might have noticed by how things drift in and out of my mind, and I still type it all down... yeah, apologies for that too.

I don't really know why I'm so forgetful, or how I still manage to do a million things whilst being forgetful and still not fail. Though being easily distracted may be one of the factors. Whenever I have something to do (whatever it is, be it history coursework or washing the dishes) I will do anything ANYTHING to get out of it. Even to the point of ordering my pens by colour. Well maybe not that, but you get my gist. I have a serious problem, I know.

Procrastinating. Why do I do it? Please do tell me. All I know is that when a task comes near, no matter how easy, I have a strange fear about starting it and not getting it right. And obviously the task has to be completeed some time... like revising for the exam 10mins before it actually starts... and that I am Queen of. Crashing. The adrenaline rush just makes you work/absorb 1123891039x faster than normal just because the deadline is coming too close for comfort. And amazingly, as I said before, I don't fail. Infact I do errr pretty well. So the fact that I know I can still do things really close to the deadline and still do pretty well doesn't help to quit my habit of procrastinating. Which, by the way, I really want to do.

Oh but if you want to learn how to procrastinate/can't find enough distractions I can definitely help out in that department. Top 10 ways of killing time:

1. Get a Myspace. Seriously. The HTML coding/getting your profile to perfection will take you at least a day. Then those bulletin quizzes which I am completeeely addicted to. Gutted to those of you who are my friends on there...
And if that doesn't kill enough time, whoring yourself around the site and trying to reach an impossible goal of 21083219381021friends will.

2. Get a Facebook. Similar? Hardly. This involves more looking at what's happening in your friends' lives - otherwise known as 'facebook stalking' than being narcissistic and whore-ish.

3. Text. Anyone. Who cares. As long as they text back... (tip: text people who have unlimited texts, or they're parents pay for their phone bill, cos they won't care what they're texting about. Even if it's about girls aloud lyrics. Not that I've ever texted anyone about girls aloud lyrics...)

4. MSN.... Kind of like texting, but without money spent, so they're more likely to answer you. And quicker too. And there's alwaaays people on msn. And if there aren't get some myspace whores onto your contact list. Quick.

5. Youtube. Ahhh there's so many videos out there. Some more bizzare than others. Teach yourself how to play the guitar, make videos of yourself doing something random, rate other singers, laugh at people making utter fools of themseleves, watch movies.... etc.

6. Wikipedia. Just link from one thing to another. Eg. (one i remember) Big Love (TV show) - Some character on there - Pathalogical Lying - Mental illnesses. Soon you'll absorb alot of useless knowledge in quite a long space of time.

7. Write a story. Or in your diary. Or a song. Just write. And if you think you're a crap writer (like me) just promise yourself that no one will see it, and start writing as you think. Kind of like this....

8. Learn songs, play songs, listen to songs. You can't ever know too much music. Find out new bands that no one's heard of (probably because they're crap) and you're on your way to coolness

9. Play with your pet. You think I'm kidding, but it took me 10mins to get my cat off my leg the other day...

10. This should technically be the best one, but I've actually run out of ideas.
Arrange your pens by colour. Err and brand. And test them all out to make sure they work.
I did say my ideas were lacking...


PS. The above piece of writing would fall under my definition of crashing (written in 20mins or so oh yeaaah) ... hence why it probably doesn't make too much sense!

I'll try to be a bit more on time next week, and hopefully it won't be as bad.... But knowing me, that's not going to happen.

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