Procrastination
You know that t-shirt that says "Procrastinators Unite Tomorrow"?
Yeah, well...right now, I definitely qualify.
Because, I'm not even procrastinating anymore; I'm just wasting time.
I have 2 papers and 1 presentation left to finish up the semester and I can't get myself to do anything productive. I should at least wash my dishes or fold my laundry if I'm not going to do my school work.
I did give 2 presentations today though, so progress has been made. I think both went alright, although public speaking is far from my forte. I'd much rather write. When I talk, I get insanely nervous and make the people listening edgy and then when I'm asked questions it's like my brain is a sieve and I no longer have any knowledge whatsoever.
I'm very jealous of people who can just talk and sound like they know what they're doing. Maybe it's that they do know what they're doing and so much of the time I feel like I'm just pretending.
But, in 3 days I'll be in California and free as a bird. Completely under-prepared for a ridiculously hard Half IronMan, but free nonetheless...I can't wait.
And on that topic - who all is going to be at Wildflower this year? I'd love to see as many of you as possible. I'll be there from Friday mid-day until Sunday morning. I would have liked to stay for the Olympic race, but I have to get back to the Northeast for Monday. So anyway, let me know if you're going to be around and if and when you'd want to meet up.
Okay, I'm going to start writing one of the papers. It's just the screen looks so blank and all I have down is my name at the top of the page. But, if I just do it now, I can enjoy tomorrow and not panic come class-time on Wednesday. So, I'm going to try...again...someone needs to disable my internet and then maybe I could actually get something done. (Yeah, that's right...passing the blame onto something else besides my complete inability to concentrate...)
Yeah, well...right now, I definitely qualify.
Because, I'm not even procrastinating anymore; I'm just wasting time.
I have 2 papers and 1 presentation left to finish up the semester and I can't get myself to do anything productive. I should at least wash my dishes or fold my laundry if I'm not going to do my school work.
I did give 2 presentations today though, so progress has been made. I think both went alright, although public speaking is far from my forte. I'd much rather write. When I talk, I get insanely nervous and make the people listening edgy and then when I'm asked questions it's like my brain is a sieve and I no longer have any knowledge whatsoever.
I'm very jealous of people who can just talk and sound like they know what they're doing. Maybe it's that they do know what they're doing and so much of the time I feel like I'm just pretending.
But, in 3 days I'll be in California and free as a bird. Completely under-prepared for a ridiculously hard Half IronMan, but free nonetheless...I can't wait.
And on that topic - who all is going to be at Wildflower this year? I'd love to see as many of you as possible. I'll be there from Friday mid-day until Sunday morning. I would have liked to stay for the Olympic race, but I have to get back to the Northeast for Monday. So anyway, let me know if you're going to be around and if and when you'd want to meet up.
Okay, I'm going to start writing one of the papers. It's just the screen looks so blank and all I have down is my name at the top of the page. But, if I just do it now, I can enjoy tomorrow and not panic come class-time on Wednesday. So, I'm going to try...again...someone needs to disable my internet and then maybe I could actually get something done. (Yeah, that's right...passing the blame onto something else besides my complete inability to concentrate...)
posted by Curly Su at 4/28/2008 07:12:00 PM
4 Comments:
So, I guess that means you can be jealous of me--here at my office at 0621 because I am set to do oral argument later today and talk adroitly before a panel of three appellate appellate judges who will pepper me with questions.
Add in the bow tie and all the women want me; all the men want to be me. Uhm. Yeah.
The trick for presentations is to just sound authoritative. Most people won't know your topic any better than you, so even if you're making it up on the spot, if you sound like you know what you're talking about everyone will assume that you actually do know what you're talking about. This works with a frightening degree of regularity.
I participated in university debating. Helped desensitize for presentations....
Best wishes at Wildflower. I still remember your helpful words helping me through the Wildflower Olympic race in 06. "Anyone can run a 5K" I'll never forget that! It was like a little mental oasis! Have fun on the Nasty Grade and enjoy the beautiful surroundings!
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