I’m not sure about usefulness, but the most interesting thing was the TED talk about procrastination-“Inside the mind of a master procrastinator” by Tim Urban in slide 8. Like I’ve mentioned in most of our assignments, I work 3 jobs. And lately my procrastination has kind of disappeared. I wasn’t really sure how or why but I’ve appreciated it. But thanks to Tim, I realized it’s because the Panic monster is constantly present in my life. For me, my panic monster doesn’t care about deadlines- he’s all about embarrassment. And with graduation just months away, and my family and boyfriend’s family already making plans for the day I’m petrified of it not happening so that’s why I’m suddenly so effective- it’s all the rational decision maker. It’s an incredibly effective metaphor.
As I mentioned in my post, something from the module I already put into practice is planing everything out. My life is covered in lists. But my main one is my planner. EVERYTHING goes in there from dentist appointments, to review an assignment prompt, to buying new underwear, to checking in with my best friends. My brain isn’t always on so when it’s not I gotta find a way to connect with the real world. It’s been very useful I don’t know why I’ve never been able to keep up with one before. I went through a planner every year since middle school and stopped using it around October because I was bored of it. This year it was too important. I would like to put the idea Tim mentioned about the life calendar. A lot of times I’m like just gotta get through this week and I’ll be done. I should remember to go big picture. I don’t have that many weeks to be frank.
I would tell students to just know what they’re doing with their life. If you know you’re a procrastinator, make sure your Panic Monster knows when to come out. And make sure you don’t spend your whole life in panic, enjoy the small moments too.
Take a second to look at the beautiful golden leaves or smile at that fat baby.
- Tim Urban Video