As much as I hate it at the time, I honestly do thrive under pressure. My work ethic, cognitive thinking, and stamina all go through the roof when I have an impending deadline. On the other hand when I don’t, those abilities in me go by the wayside. This leads me to do stupid things like take a paper that’s due in a month and wait until five days before to start; which I think is a pattern most college students follow. Even when something has a somewhat impending deadline, there’s never any shortage of reasons to push it back and feel ok about it. Example: I’m just gonna watch all these episodes of The Office after I do the assignment so I might as well watch them now.
This lack of drive has characterized my entire semester, and leads me to care less about the kid of marks I get on assignments because I feel like I will always have time to work harder on the next assignment to bump my mark up. Last semester while taking 7 courses I didn’t have that luxury, so I had to put my full effort into everything. Having that pressure on me all the time was kind of a good thing because it kept me focused on my courses and life in general. That drive and stamina I had from the pressure of school would carry over to other parts of my life and always keep me productive. Nowadays my regular life is about as productive as my school life. Other than that little bank job we had today, which took about 3 hours, I spent about 3 other hours of the day doing stuff other than laying in bed watching The Wire on my laptop.
sigh…
Steeves
I too lack drive. I have a 15 page paper due in 1.5 weeks and I’ve barely started. I’m finishing up my two final classes at UFV and though I’m excited to finally graduate, I just can’t seem to find the motivation I need to finish and pull through.
I didn’t think it would be this hard, but it’s comforting to know that I’m not alone.