Procrastination is an artform
Now I am sure we have all been there when deadlines are sneaking closer and closer and we are wanting to get further and further away from doing the work. If like me you kid yourself into thinking you have plenty of time and then realise you have only a few weeks (or sometimes only a few days) you will have astronomical stress levels.
Does stress = productivity? Sometimes! But usually....no.
When we are stressed we want to do nice things, calming things, happy things! We want to read books, watch movies, go outside, eat lasagne and all that other good stuff. By now, having been in the education system for my whole life, you would have thought I would have realised not to procrastinate but alas I never learn.
This post was going to take a different turn but funnily enough I procrastinated whilst making a blog post on procrastination. The original idea was for it to be entirely made of pictures where I would make the words 'Procrastination is an art form' however that did not happen.
Today is one of the rare days when I have the house to myself so I should be writing my big important science essay but I've gotten the numbers wrapped around my head so many times I don't know up from down. To make myself slightly less stressed I went through and highlighted all of the alterations I knew had to be made, changed the simple ones and then tried to make myself a plan of action. In reality that only took about half an hour but already I felt drained.
So I did this.
The other day I bought a set of watercolour paints for when I had some free time (or like now when I definitely did not but ignored that fact). The portrait is of my mother and I don't think I have even attempted any true portraits since GCSE art which was over 5 years ago!
But let's talk seriously for a moment.
We all joke about procrastination but really it is no joke. Having stress levels as high as so many students do now a days (myself included) is really bad for all of our healths. It is so much easier said than done but together we do need to get out of our procrastination funk and take steps to making our well being better.
Every now and again, when I finally realise how to get my priorities in order, I will drop some tips that I have found to make life while studying a little less stressful.
I hope you'll join me on this journey.
Sophie
***This post was originally made in Easter but is still true for the situation of a lot of students, myself included, with exams looming on the horizon
Does stress = productivity? Sometimes! But usually....no.
When we are stressed we want to do nice things, calming things, happy things! We want to read books, watch movies, go outside, eat lasagne and all that other good stuff. By now, having been in the education system for my whole life, you would have thought I would have realised not to procrastinate but alas I never learn.
This post was going to take a different turn but funnily enough I procrastinated whilst making a blog post on procrastination. The original idea was for it to be entirely made of pictures where I would make the words 'Procrastination is an art form' however that did not happen.
Today is one of the rare days when I have the house to myself so I should be writing my big important science essay but I've gotten the numbers wrapped around my head so many times I don't know up from down. To make myself slightly less stressed I went through and highlighted all of the alterations I knew had to be made, changed the simple ones and then tried to make myself a plan of action. In reality that only took about half an hour but already I felt drained.
So I did this.
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| My mother - Sophie Brown (2016) |
The other day I bought a set of watercolour paints for when I had some free time (or like now when I definitely did not but ignored that fact). The portrait is of my mother and I don't think I have even attempted any true portraits since GCSE art which was over 5 years ago!
But let's talk seriously for a moment.
We all joke about procrastination but really it is no joke. Having stress levels as high as so many students do now a days (myself included) is really bad for all of our healths. It is so much easier said than done but together we do need to get out of our procrastination funk and take steps to making our well being better.
Every now and again, when I finally realise how to get my priorities in order, I will drop some tips that I have found to make life while studying a little less stressful.
I hope you'll join me on this journey.
Sophie
***This post was originally made in Easter but is still true for the situation of a lot of students, myself included, with exams looming on the horizon
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