A time I was at my best... Hmm well to tell you the truth I am not sure if I have ever been at my best at any point in time. I am a pretty lazy and laid back person for the most part. It would not be far from the truth to say I didn't really care about much. Or I guess I should say I wasn't overly concerned about anything. I was just the type of person who let things come and go as they wished. But since this blog would be next to pointless if I couldn't even give at least one point where I was close to at my best, I shall have to at least try to give you an example.
I was probably close to my best my freshman year of high school. I was eager to do the best I could in everything I did. Sadly my mindset slowly changed as my first year of high school dragged on. But in the beginning I was vigilant! I got my homework done ahead of time. I made it onto varsity for cross country. And by some miracle I got freshman class president. This was largely due to the fact that people considered me the smartest person in our grade, so their thinking behind it was since he is smart he will be a good leader. Which if you think about it is horrible logic. I have known a lot of people who are stupid who are more capable of leading than I am. Plus I think leading requires some common sense, of which I have little to none. Getting back on point though, as you can see I was actually doing pretty good for myself. Was getting A's in my classes, was in band, and mathletes. Yes I said mathletes lol. Sadly I slowly declined as the year progressed becoming bored with high school, which led me to develop bad habits of procrastinating.
This leads into how it relates to my college life. Once again I started off well, but then I slowly started to decline again. The only difference this time was that I already had the roots of procrastination sitting inside of me, so it didn't take nearly as long as it did the first time around for me to fall into that lovely work habit called procrastination. I am slowly working at the edges of my problem, but at the moment its an up and down battle between procrastination and good study habits.
As you can notice I didn't follow the assignment prompt too well. Seeing as we were to tell how the feeling of accomplishment and preparation from the point at our best led into our first semester of college. Which as you can clearly see I don't have much feeling of accomplishment and preparation. I just have the feeling of foreboding that comes from the battle between what I know would be better for me and my bad habits I have now. I am sure much of the people have the same feelings as me about this. So if you have broken this bad habit I could really use how you did. Granted it probably won't work for me, but hey its worth a shot.
Once again I bid you adieu readers of this blog post. I am sorry that you have to read so much, or at least I know I don't like reading what other people write for the most part, so the shorter and more to the point it is the better. I also tend to ramble on like I'm doing now so... yeah... bye ;)
Oh Tyler, you submit this long blog post, and you tell me that I'm taking it too seriously? I agree though about freshman year. I wanted to make a name for myself and get a lot done that year. I didn't accomplish too much, but I still did what I wanted. I do hope that your battle with procrastination pans out though.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to no I am NOT the only one with this "procrastination problem". we should probably make a group (PP anonymous) haha. Sit in a circle and talk about how were procrastinating. We can discuss how nice it feels to procrastinate while being in this group. lol Now theres a contradiction for ya!
ReplyDeleteTyler, Tyler, Tyler.. Oh, how I can relate to you, my dear. I appreciate your honesty if you don't mind me starting off with that. And also, I realize that I haven't followed the assignment either. Mine doesn't go on to relate how it, well .. relates to college. My personal best hasn't led into college, but just as you are, I am trying to work on it. We must try.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I apologize yet again for making my blog post so long as you mention you dislike reading things that go on for too long. Hopefully, you can put up with me, my friend.
I was in band and mathletes too! Haha... I was kind of the opposite of you. I procrastinated and wasn't involved freshman year, but that changed more and more every year. Now I'm falling into the procrastination slump. If anyone has a remedy, please share it! :)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. Start off well then just goes down hill. I say just keep working and studying. Thats all there is to do. So keep up the work.
ReplyDeleteI've got not a clue what to say about this post, frankly its rather depressing and it kinda goes with your creepy background. Maybe you should start thinking more positively cause you seem really really sad in this post or something. Maybe that's why your procrastinating?
ReplyDeleteI think we all at some point can relate to your procrasting problem...or at least I can! Maybe there is just some of us that preform best under pressure.
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