The Procrastination Episode

Have you ever:

1. Started studying for an exam at midnight the night before?

2. Sat at a light until it turned yellow before you actually went?

3. Waited until you had one more clean pair of underwear before doing your laundry?

4. Didn't wash your hair until it was it was so greasy that not even your best Frederic Fekkai Dry shampoo could save it?

5. Waited until the day of a formal event to ask your date? (Countdown to formal: 35 days. Gentlemen, we are on the prowl.)

If any of these apply to you, welcome to the club. You are a chronic procrastinator. We are well acquainted with this particular life style. We always wait until the very last minute to complete assignments, turn in money or forms, or begin getting ready. So far, we have managed to escape any serious detrimental effects, long-term or otherwise. However, we started writing this post 30 minutes ago, and all we have is what you've had the misfortune to have read so far. But slow blogging is not the only adverse effect that can arise from procrastinating. For example, any freshmen reading who seem to have gained 15 pounds might have told themselves for the past 8 months that they would start their new diet and excercise regime next monday (damn those mexican lunch tuesdays...). Or how about those times when you don't go to the grocery store until you're eating 5 bags of 100-calorie packs of Kettle Corn for dinner?

Because we love you, we're going to help you out with this chronic problem. First: Invest in some decent sticky notes. When you know you need to do something, post sticky notes all over your room to the point where you are so annoyed at looking at multicolored pieces of paper that you just do whatever it was on time. Second: Purchase a planner, and try to use it. We understand that this is not exactly feasible for everyone (including us) but we've heard it's a good idea. Third: consider investing in a life coach. This is a pricer route, but desperate times call for desperate measures (Ava would like to note that she is taking clients...Ashleigh would like to warn you against accepting her services).

For some of you, procrastinating is a way of life that you will never change. You, like Mark Twain, believe that one should, "never put off until tomorrow what one could do the day after tomorrow." To you we raise our hand in salute (not in a "heil Hitler!" way), for you have truly exhibited dedication to a lifestyle that is not always easy to pull off, and not always rewarding in its practice. That's determination right there. Git er done (or don't, whatever. We're hungry. Bye.)

ps. Sorry this was so short, but we have a lot of not-studying to do.